Exo 36:8-19 | NASB2020 | STEP | All the skillful people among those who were performing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains ; of fine twisted linen and violet , purple , and scarlet material, with cherubim , the work of a skilled embroiderer , Bezalel made them.

‏ Exodus 36:8-19

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8 ^aAll the ^{▼▼Lit wise of heart}skillful people among those who were performing the work made the ^{▼▼Lit dwelling place}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, with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer, ^{▼▼Lit he}Bezalel made them. 9 The length of each curtain was ^{▼▼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 had ^{▼▼Lit one measure}the same measurements. 10 He ^{▼▼Or coupled}joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he ^{▼▼Or coupled}joined to one another. 11 And he made loops of violet on the edge of the ^{▼▼Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling}outermost curtain in the first ^{▼▼Lit coupling}set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was ^{▼▼Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling}outermost in the second ^{▼▼Lit coupling}set. 12 He made ⁿfifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the ^{▼▼Lit end}edge of the curtain that was in the second ^{▼▼Lit coupling}set; the loops were opposite each other. 13 He also made ^qfifty clasps of gold, and ^{▼▼Or coupled}joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was ^{▼▼Lit one}a unit.

14 Then ^the made curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he ^{▼▼Lit made them}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 ^{▼▼Lit one measure}the same measurements. 16 He ^{▼▼Or coupled}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 ^{▼▼Lit tie}set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second ^{▼▼Lit tie}set. 18 He also made fifty clasps of ^{▼▼Or copper}bronze to ^{▼▼Or couple}join the tent together so that it would be ^{▼▼Lit one}a unit. 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ^{▼▼Or tanned}dyed red, and a covering of ^{▼▼Meaning of the Heb uncertain}fine leather above.