Exodus 26

1 'And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; [with] cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them;

You must make the tabernacle with ten curtains made from fine linen and blue, purple, and scarlet wool with the designs of cherubim. This will be the work of a very skilled craftsman.

2 the length of the one curtain [is] eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit, one measure [is] to all the curtains;

The length of each curtain must be twenty-eight cubits, the width four cubits. All the curtains must be of the same size.

3 five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another.

Five curtains must be joined to each other, and the other five curtains must also be joined to each other.

4 'And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second.

You must make loops of blue along the outer edge of the end curtain of one set. In the same way, you must do the same along the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.

5 fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another;

You must make fifty loops on the first curtain, and you must make fifty loops on the end curtain in the second set. Do this so that the loops will be opposite to each other.

6 and thou hast made fifty hooks of gold, and hast joined the curtains one to another by the hooks, and the tabernacle hath been one.

You must make fifty clasps of gold and join the curtains together with them so that the tabernacle becomes united.

7 'And thou hast made curtains of goats' [hair], for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains:

You must make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle. You must make eleven of these curtains.

8 the length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure [is] to the eleven curtains;

The length of each curtain must be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain must be four cubits. Each of the eleven curtains must be of the same size.

9 and thou hast joined the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart, and hast doubled the six curtains over-against the front of the tent.

You must join five curtains to each other and the other six curtains to each other. You must double over the sixth curtain in the front of the tent.

10 'And thou hast made fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;

You must make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain of the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain that joins the second set.

11 and thou hast made fifty hooks of brass, and hast brought in the hooks into the loops, and hast joined the tent, and it hath been one.

You must make fifty bronze clasps and put them into the loops. Then you join the tent together so that it may be one piece.

12 'And the superfluity in the curtains of the tent — the half of the curtain which is superfluous — hath spread over the hinder part of the tabernacle;

The leftover half curtain, that is, the overhanging part remaining from the tent's curtains, must hang at the back of the tabernacle.

13 and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it;

There must be one cubit of curtain on one side, and one cubit of curtain on the other side—that which is left over of the length of the tent's curtains must hang over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other side, to cover it.

14 and thou hast made a covering for the tent, of rams' skins made red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.

You must make for the tabernacle a covering of ram skins dyed red, and another covering of fine leather to go above that.

15 'And thou hast made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up;

You must make upright frames out of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

16 ten cubits [is] the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board;

The length of each frame must be ten cubits, and its width must be one and a half cubits.

17 two handles [are] to the one board, joined one unto another; so thou dost make for all the boards of the tabernacle;

There must be two wooden pegs in each frame for joining the frames to each other. You are to make all the tabernacle's frames in this way.

18 and thou hast made the boards of the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

When you make the frames for the tabernacle, you must make twenty frames for the south side.

19 and forty sockets of silver thou dost make under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.

You must make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames. There must be two bases under the first frame to be its two pedestals, and also two bases under each of the other frames for their two pedestals.

20 'And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, [are] twenty boards,

For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, you must make twenty frames

21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board.

and their forty silver bases. There must be two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward, thou dost make six boards.

For the back side of the tabernacle on the west side, you must make six frames.

23 And two boards thou dost make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

You must make two frames for the back corners of the tabernacle.

24 And they are pairs beneath, and together they are pairs above its head unto the one ring; so is it for them both, they are for the two corners.

These frames must be separate at the bottom, but joined at the top to the same ring. It must be this way for both of the back corners.

25 And they have been eight boards, and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board.

There must be eight frames, together with their silver bases. There must be sixteen bases in all, two bases under the first frame, two bases under the next frame, and so on.

26 'And thou hast made bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

You must make crossbars of acacia wood—five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

27 and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle at the two sides, westward;

five crossbars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the frames for the back side of the tabernacle to the west.

28 and one hath caused the middle bar in the midst of the boards to reach from end unto end;

The crossbar in the center of the frames, that is, halfway up, must reach from end to end.

29 and the boards thou dost overlay [with] gold, and their rings thou dost make of gold places for bars, and hast overlaid their bars with gold;

You must cover the frames with gold. You must make their rings of gold, for them to serve as holders for the crossbars, and you must cover the bars with gold.

30 and thou hast raised up the tabernacle according to its fashion which thou hast been shewn in the mount.

You must set up the tabernacle by following the plan you were shown on the mountain.

31 'And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it [with] cherubs;

You must make a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet wool, and of fine linen, with designs of cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

32 and thou hast put it on four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, on four sockets of silver.

You must hang it on four pillars of acacia wood covered with gold. These pillars must have hooks of gold set on four silver bases.

33 'And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

You must hang up the curtain under the clasps, and you must bring in the ark of the testimony. The curtain is to separate the holy place from the most holy place.

34 'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies.

You must put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony, which is in the most holy place.

35 'And thou hast set the table at the outside of the vail, and the candlestick over-against the table on the side of the tabernacle southward, and the table thou dost put on the north side.

You must place the table outside the curtain. You must place the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle. The table must be on the north side.

36 'And thou hast made a covering for the opening of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer;

You must make a hanging for the tent entrance. You must make it out of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer.

37 and thou hast made for the covering five pillars of shittim [wood], and hast overlaid them [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, and thou hast cast for them five sockets of brass.

For the hanging, you must make five pillars of acacia and cover them with gold. Their hooks must be of gold, and you must cast five bronze bases for them.