Construction Begins

^8 (A)All the ^[a]skillful people among those who were performing the work made the ^[b]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and ^[c]violet, purple, and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, ^[d]Bezalel made them. ⁹ The length of each curtain was ^[e]twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had ^[f]the same measurements. ¹⁰ He ^[g]joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he ^[h]joined to one another. ¹¹ And he made loops of violet on the edge of the ^[i]outermost curtain in the first ^[j]set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was ^[k]outermost in the second ^[l]set. ¹² He made ^(B)fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the ^[m]edge of the curtain that was in the second ^[n]set; the loops were opposite each other. ¹³ He also made ^(C)fifty clasps of gold, and ^[o]joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was ^[p]a unit.

¹⁴ Then ^(D)he made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he ^[q]made eleven curtains in all. ¹⁵ The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had ^[r]the same measurements. ¹⁶ He ^[s]joined five curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. ¹⁷ Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first ^[t]set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second ^[u]set. ¹⁸ He also made fifty clasps of ^[v]bronze to ^[w]join the tent together so that it would be ^[x]a unit. ¹⁹ And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ^[y]dyed red, and a covering of ^[z]fine leather above.