26Exodus 26

Curtains and Coverings for the Sacred Tent / The said to Moses:

1The top of the sacred tent must be made from ten pieces of the finest linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures.Select Exodus 26:1

2Make each piece twelve meters long and two meters wideSelect Exodus 26:2

3and sew them together into two panels with five sections each.Select Exodus 26:3

6Put 50 loops of blue cloth along one of the wider sides of each panel, then fasten the two panels at the loops with 50 gold hooks.Select Exodus 26:6

8As the material for protecting the tent, use goat hair to weave eleven sections of cloth 13 meters by 2 meters each.Select Exodus 26:8

9Sew five of the sections together to make one panel. Then sew the other six together to make a second panel, and fold the sixth section double over the front of the tent.Select Exodus 26:9

10Put 50 loops along one of the wider sides of each panelSelect Exodus 26:10

11and fasten the two panels at the loops with 50 bronze hooks.Select Exodus 26:11

13The panel of goat hair will be a meter longer than the tent itself, so fold 50 centimeters of the material behind the tent and on each side as a protective covering.Select Exodus 26:13

14Make two more coverings—one with tanned ram skins and the other with fine leather.Select Exodus 26:14

The Framework for the Sacred Tent / The said:

15Build a framework of acacia wood for the walls of the sacred tent.Select Exodus 26:15

16Make each frame 4 meters high and 66 centimeters wideSelect Exodus 26:16

17with two wooden pegs near the bottom.Select Exodus 26:17

21Place two silver stands under each frame with sockets for the pegs, so the frames can be joined together. Put 20 of these frames along the south side and 20 more along the north.Select Exodus 26:21

22For the back wall along the west side use six framesSelect Exodus 26:22

24with two more at the southwest and northwest corners. Make certain that these corner frames are joined from top to bottom.Select Exodus 26:24

25Altogether, this back wall will have eight frames with two silver stands under each one.Select Exodus 26:25

27Make five crossbars for each of the wooden frames,Select Exodus 26:27

28with the center crossbar running the full length of the wall.Select Exodus 26:28

29Cover the frames and the crossbars with gold and attach gold rings to the frames to run the crossbars through.Select Exodus 26:29

30Then set up the tent in the way I showed you on the mountain.Select Exodus 26:30

The Curtain inside the Sacred Tent / The said:

33Make a curtain to separate the holy place from the most holy place. Use fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Cover four acacia wood posts with gold and set them each on a silver stand. Then fasten gold hooks to the posts and hang the curtain there.Select Exodus 26:33

34Inside the most holy place, put the sacred chest that has the place of mercy on its lid.Select Exodus 26:34

35Outside the most holy place, as you face the curtain, put the table for the sacred bread on the right side and the gold lampstand on the left.Select Exodus 26:35

36For the entrance to the tent, use a piece of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with fancy needlework.Select Exodus 26:36

37Cover five acacia wood posts with gold and set them each on a bronze stand. Then put gold hooks on the posts and hang the curtain there.Select Exodus 26:37