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Exodus 26

Curtains of Linen

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aMoreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and  1blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

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"The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight  1cubits, and the width of each curtain four  1cubits; all the curtains shall have  2the same measurements.

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"Five curtains shall be  1joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be  1joined to one another.

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"You shall make loops of  1blue on the edge of the  2outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second  3set.

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"You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the  1edge of the curtain that is in the second  2set; the loops shall be opposite each other.

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"You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and  1join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the  2tabernacle will be a unit.

Curtains of Goats' Hair

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"Then  ayou shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.

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"The length of each curtain shall be thirty  1cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have  2the same measurements.

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"You shall  1join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain  2at the front of the tent.

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"You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the  1curtain that is outermost in the first  2set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second  2set.

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"You shall make fifty clasps of  1bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and  2join the tent together so that it will be  3a unit.

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"The  1overlapping part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall lap over the back of the tabernacle.

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"The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall lap over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it.

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aYou shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins  1dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.

Boards and Sockets

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"Then you shall make  athe boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

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"Ten cubits shall be the length of  1each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.

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"There shall be two tenons for each board,  1fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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"You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards  1for the south side.

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"You shall make forty  1 asockets of silver under the twenty boards, two  1sockets under one board for its two tenons and two  1sockets under another board for its two tenons;

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and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

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and their forty  1sockets of silver; two  1sockets under one board and two  1sockets under another board.

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"For the  1rear of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.

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"You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the  1rear.

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"They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete  1to its top  2to the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.

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"There shall be eight boards with their  1sockets of silver, sixteen  1sockets; two  1sockets under one board and two  1sockets under another board.

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"Then you shall make  abars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

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and five bars for the boards of the  1other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the  2rear side to the west.

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"The middle bar in the  1center of the boards shall pass through from end to end.

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"You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.

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"Then you shall erect the tabernacle  aaccording to its plan which you have been shown in the mountain.

The Veil and Screen

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"You shall make  aa veil of  1blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

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"You shall  1hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four  2sockets of silver.

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"You shall  1hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in  athe ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall  2serve for you as a partition  bbetween the holy place and the holy of holies.

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aYou shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

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aYou shall set the table outside the veil, and the  blampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

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aYou shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of  1blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a  2weaver.

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aYou shall make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold, their hooks also being of gold; and you shall cast five  1sockets of  2bronze for them.



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