The Tabernacle

26 “You^(A) are to construct the tabernacle itself with 10 curtains. You must make them of finely spun linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them. ² The length of each curtain should be 42 feet,^[a] and the width of each curtain six feet;^[b] all the curtains are to have the same measurements. ³ Five of the curtains should be joined together, and the other five curtains joined together. ⁴ Make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain^[c] in the first set, and do the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. ⁵ Make 50 loops on the one curtain and make 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops line up together. ⁶ Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.

⁷ “You are to make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; make 11 of these curtains. ⁸ The length of each curtain should be 45 feet^[d] and the width of each curtain six feet.^[e] All 11 curtains are to have the same measurements. ⁹ Join five of the curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. Then fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent. ¹⁰ Make 50 loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the first set, and make 50 loops on the edge of the corresponding curtain of the second set. ¹¹ Make 50 bronze clasps; put the clasps through the loops and join the tent together so that it is a single unit. ¹² As for the flap that is left over from the tent curtains, the leftover half curtain is to hang down over the back of the tabernacle. ¹³ The half yard^[f] on one side and the half yard^[g] on the other of what is left over along the length of the tent curtains should be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it. ¹⁴ Make a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red^(B) and a covering of manatee skins^[h] on top of that.