Exo 26:1-14 | NASB2020 | STEP | “ Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and violet , purple , and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim , the work of a skilled embroiderer .

Exodus 26:1-14

Curtains of Linen

1 “ ^aMoreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and ^{▼▼Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch}violet, purple, and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer. 2 The length of each curtain shall be ^{▼▼About 42 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13 m and 1.8 m}twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have ^{▼▼Lit one measure}the same measurements. 3 Five curtains shall be ^{▼▼Or coupled}joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be ^{▼▼Or coupled}joined to one another. 4 You shall make loops of violet on the edge of the ^{▼▼Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling}outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second ^{▼▼Lit coupling}set. 5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the ^{▼▼Lit end}edge of the curtain that is in the second ^{▼▼Lit coupling}set; the loops shall be opposite each other. 6 You shall also make fifty clasps of gold, and ^{▼▼Or couple}join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the ^{▼▼Or dwelling place, and so throughout the ch}tabernacle will be a unit.

Curtains of Goats’ Hair

7 “Then ^myou shall make curtains of goats’ hair as a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all. 8 The length of each curtain shall be ^{▼▼About 45 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13.5 m and 1.8 m}thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have ^{▼▼Lit one measure}the same measurements. 9 You shall ^{▼▼Or couple}join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain ^{▼▼Lit toward the front of the face of the tent}at the front of the tent. 10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the ^{▼▼Lit one curtain}curtain that is outermost in the first ^{▼▼Lit coupling}set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second ^{▼▼Lit coupling}set.

11 “You shall also make fifty clasps of ^{▼▼Or copper}bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and ^{▼▼Or couple}join the tent together so that it will be ^{▼▼Lit one}a unit. 12 The ^{▼▼Lit excess}overhanging part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13 The ^{▼▼About 18 in. or about 45 cm}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 hang over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it. 14 And ^zyou shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ^{▼▼Or tanned}dyed red and a covering of ^{▼▼Meaning of the Heb uncertain}fine leather above.