[1] “Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
[2] These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.
[3] Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain.
[4] Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last curtain in each set.
[5] The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.
[6] Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.
[7] “Make eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.
[8] These eleven curtains must all be exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.
[9] Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and join the other six into a second long curtain. Allow 3 feet of material from the second set of curtains to hang over the front of the sacred tent.
[10] Make fifty loops for one edge of each large curtain.
[11] Then make fifty bronze clasps, and fasten the loops of the long curtains with the clasps. In this way, the tent covering will be made of one continuous piece.
[12] The remaining 3 feet of this tent covering will be left to hang over the back of the Tabernacle.
[13] Allow 18 inches of remaining material to hang down over each side, so the Tabernacle is completely covered.
[14] Complete the tent covering with a protective layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.
[15] “For the framework of the Tabernacle, construct frames of acacia wood.
[16] Each frame must be 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,
[17] with two pegs under each frame. Make all the frames identical.
[18] Make twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.
[19] Also make forty silver bases—two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.
[20] For the north side of the Tabernacle, make another twenty frames,
[21] with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame.
[22] Make six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—
[23] along with two additional frames to reinforce the rear corners of the Tabernacle.
[24] These corner frames will be matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Make both of these corner units the same way.
[25] So there will be eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame.
[26] “Make crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle
[27] and five for the south side. Also make five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which will face west.
[28] The middle crossbar, attached halfway up the frames, will run all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other.
[29] Overlay the frames with gold, and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Overlay the crossbars with gold as well.
[30] “Set up this Tabernacle according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.
[31] “For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
[32] Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia wood. Overlay the posts with gold, and set them in four silver bases.
[33] Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
[34] “Then put the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place.
[35] Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.
[36] “Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. Make it of finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite designs, using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
[37] Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.