Exod 26:1 “And make the Dwelling Place with ten curtains of fine woven
linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them, with keruḇim, the
work of a skilled workman.
Exod 26:2 “The length of each curtain is twenty-eight cubits, and the width
of each curtain four cubits, all the curtains having one measure.
Exod 26:3 “Five curtains are joined to each other, and five curtains are
joined to each other.
Exod 26:4 “And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the end curtain
on one set, and do the same on the edge of the end curtain of the second set.
Exod 26:5 “Make fifty loops in the one curtain and make fifty loops on the
edge of the end curtain of the second set, the loops being opposite to each
other.
Exod 26:6 “And you shall make fifty hooks of gold, and shall join the
curtains together with the hooks, and the Dwelling Place shall be one.
Exod 26:7 “And you shall make curtains of goats’ hair, for a tent over the
Dwelling Place, make eleven curtains.
Exod 26:8 “The length of each curtain is thirty cubits, and the width of each
curtain four cubits, one measure to the eleven curtains.
Exod 26:9 “And you shall join the five curtains by themselves, and the six
curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the six curtains at the front
of the Tent.
Exod 26:10 “And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is
outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second
set.
Exod 26:11 “And you shall make fifty bronze hooks, and put the hooks into
the loops, and join the tent together, and it shall be one.
Exod 26:12 “And the overlapping part of the rest of the curtains of the Tent,
the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the Dwelling Place.
Exod 26:13 “And a cubit on one side and a cubit on the other side, of what
remains of the length of the curtains of the Tent, is to hang over the sides of
the Dwelling Place, on this side and on that side, to cover it.
Exod 26:14 “And you shall make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the
Tent, and a covering of fine leather above that.
Exod 26:15 “And for the Dwelling Place you shall make the boards of
acacia wood, standing up.
Exod 26:16 “Ten cubits is the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the
width of each board,
Exod 26:17 two tenons in each board for binding one to another. Do the
same for all the boards of the Dwelling Place.
Exod 26:18 “And you shall make the boards for the Dwelling Place, twenty
boards for the south side,
Exod 26:19 and make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two
sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
Exod 26:20 “And for the second side of the Dwelling Place, on the north
side, twenty boards,
Exod 26:21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under each of the
boards.
Exod 26:22 “And for the extreme parts of the Dwelling Place, westward,
make six boards,
Exod 26:23 and make two boards for the two back corners of the Dwelling
Place.
Exod 26:24 “And they are double beneath and similarly they are complete to
the top, to the one ring. So it is for both of them, they are for the two corners.
Exod 26:25 “And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver,
sixteen sockets – two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the
other board.
Exod 26:26 “And you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards
on one side of the Dwelling Place,
Exod 26:27 and five bars for the boards on the other side of the Dwelling
Place, and five bars for the boards of the side of the Dwelling Place, for the
extreme parts westward,
Exod 26:28 with the middle bar in the midst of the boards, going through
from end to end.
Exod 26:29 “And overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold
as holders for the bars, and overlay the bars with gold.
Exod 26:30 “And you shall raise up the Dwelling Place according to its
pattern which you were shown on the mountain.
Exod 26:31 “And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet
material, and fine woven linen, the work of a skilled workman, made with
keruḇim.
Exod 26:32 “And you shall put it on the four columns of acacia wood
overlaid with gold, their hooks of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
Exod 26:33 “And you shall hang the veil from the hooks, and shall bring the
ark of the Witness there, behind the veil. And the veil shall make a separation
for you between the Set-apart and the Most Set-apart Place.
Exod 26:34 “And you shall put the lid of atonement upon the ark of the
Witness in the Most Set-apart Place.
Exod 26:35 “And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand
opposite the table on the side of the Dwelling Place toward the south, and put
the table on the north side.
Exod 26:36 “And you shall make a covering for the door of the Tent, of blue
and purple and scarlet material, and fine woven linen, made by a weaver.
Exod 26:37 “And you shall make for the covering five columns of acacia
wood, and overlay them with gold, their hooks of gold, and you shall cast
five sockets of bronze for them.
Shemoth (Exodus) 26
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