- "Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.
- All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[1]
- Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.
- Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.
- Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
- Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
- "Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
- All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.[2]
- Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.
- Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
- Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.
- As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.
- The tent curtains will be a cubit[3] longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.
- Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.[4]
- "Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
- Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,[5]
- with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
- Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
- and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
- For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames
- and forty silver bases—two under each frame.
- Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
- and make two frames for the corners at the far end.
- At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.
- So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
- "Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
- five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
- The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.
- Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
- "Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.
- "Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
- Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
- Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.
- Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.
- "For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer.
- Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.
The Tabernacle
- That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
- That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
- That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
- Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 25:5)
- That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide