Thematic Bible
Exodus 26:1 (show verse)
Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
Exodus 26:2 (show verse)
Each curtain will be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All will be the same size.
Exodus 26:3 (show verse)
Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together.
Exodus 26:4 (show verse)
Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set,
Exodus 26:5 (show verse)
Place the loops opposite each other.
Exodus 26:6 (show verse)
Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit.
Exodus 26:7 (show verse)
Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.
Exodus 26:8 (show verse)
Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide.
Exodus 26:9 (show verse)
Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Sew the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth curtains in half to hang in front of the tent.
Exodus 26:10 (show verse)
Fasten fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set.
Exodus 26:11 (show verse)
Make fifty bronze fasteners. Put the fasteners through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit.
Exodus 26:12 (show verse)
Hang the remaining curtain over the back of the inner tent.
Exodus 26:13 (show verse)
Eighteen inches will be left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's curtains. That should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent.
Exodus 26:14 (show verse)
Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Place a cover made of fine leather over that.
Exodus 26:15 (show verse)
A framework out of acacia wood should be built for the inner tent.
Exodus 26:16 (show verse)
Each frame is to be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.
Exodus 26:17 (show verse)
It should have two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way.
Exodus 26:18 (show verse)
Make twenty frames for the south side of the inner tent.
Exodus 26:19 (show verse)
Provide forty silver sockets at the bottom of the twenty frames, two sockets at the bottom of each frame for the two pegs.
Exodus 26:20 (show verse)
Prepare twenty frames for the north side of the inner tent.
Exodus 26:21 (show verse)
Also forty silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame.
Exodus 26:22 (show verse)
Prepare six frames for the far end, the west side.
Exodus 26:23 (show verse)
There should be two frames for each of the corners at the far end of the inner tent.
Exodus 26:24 (show verse)
Fasten these together at the bottom and tightly at the top by a single ring. Both corner frames will be made this way.
Exodus 26:25 (show verse)
There will be eight frames with sixteen silver sockets, two at the bottom of each frame.
Exodus 26:26 (show verse)
Prepare crossbars out of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the inner tent.
Exodus 26:27 (show verse)
Also prepare five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end of the inner tent, the west side.
Exodus 26:28 (show verse)
The middle crossbar will run from one end to the other. It should be halfway up the frames.
Exodus 26:29 (show verse)
Cover the frames with gold. Make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Cover the crossbars with gold.
Exodus 26:30 (show verse)
Erect the inner tent according to the plans you were shown on the mountain.
Exodus 26:31 (show verse)
Build a canopy of violet, purple, and bright red yarn. Creatively work an angel design of cherubim into fine linen yarn.
Exodus 26:32 (show verse)
Hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
Exodus 26:33 (show verse)
Hang up the veil under the clasps. Bring in the Ark of the Covenant there within the veil. The veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies.
Exodus 26:34 (show verse)
Place the mercy seat on the Ark of the Covenant in the holy of holies.
Exodus 26:35 (show verse)
Set the table outside the veil. Place the lamp stand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. Place the table on the north side.
Exodus 26:36 (show verse)
Make a screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.
Exodus 26:37 (show verse)
Make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold. Their hooks should also be of gold. Cast five sockets of bronze for them.