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Exodus Chapter: 26

1: "Make The Dwelling itself from ten panels of tapestry woven from fine twisted linen, blue and purple and scarlet material, with an angel-cherubim design. A skilled craftsman should do it.

2: The panels of tapestry are each to be forty-six feet long and six feet wide.

3: Join five of the panels together, and then the other five together.

4: Make loops of blue along the edge of the outside panel of the first set and the same on the outside panel of the second set.

5: Make fifty loops on each panel.

6: Then make fifty gold clasps and join the tapestries together so that The Dwelling is one whole.

7: "Next make tapestries of goat hair for a tent that will cover The Dwelling. Make eleven panels of these tapestries.

8: The length of each panel will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide.

9: Join five of the panels together, and then the other six. Fold the sixth panel double at the front of the tent.

10: Now make fifty loops along the edge of the end panel and fifty loops along the edge of the joining panel.

11: Make fifty clasps of bronze and connect the clasps with the loops, bringing the tent together.

12: "Hang half of the overlap of the tapestry panels over the rear of The Dwelling.

13: The eighteen inches of overlap on either side will cover the sides of the tent.

14: Finally, make a covering for the tapestries of tanned rams' skins dyed red and over that a covering of dolphin skins.

15: "Frame The Dwelling with planks of acacia wood,

16: each section of frame fifteen feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide,

17: with two pegs for securing them. Make all the frames identical:

18: twenty frames for the south side

19: with forty silver sockets to receive the two pegs from each of the twenty frames;

20: the same construction on the north side of The Dwelling;

22: for the rear of The Dwelling, which faces west, make six frames

23: with two additional frames for the rear corners.

24: Both of the two corner frames need to be double in thickness from top to bottom and fit into a single ring

25: -eight frames altogether with sixteen sockets of silver, two under each frame.

26: "Now make crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of The Dwelling,

27: five for the other side, and five for the back side facing west.

28: The center crossbar runs from end to end halfway up the frames.

29: Cover the frames with a veneer of gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. And cover the crossbars with a veneer of gold.

30: Then put The Dwelling together, following the design you were shown on the mountain.

31: "Make a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. Have a design of angel-cherubim woven into it by a skilled craftsman.

32: Fasten it with gold hooks to four posts of acacia wood covered with a veneer of gold, set on four silver bases.

33: After hanging the curtain from the clasps, bring the Chest of The Testimony in behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Holy-of-Holies.

34: Now place the Atonement-Cover lid on the Chest of The Testimony in the Holy-of-Holies.

35: Place the Table and the Lampstand outside the curtain, the Lampstand on the south side of The Dwelling and the Table opposite it on the north side.

36: "Make a screen for the door of the tent. Weave it from blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen.

37: Frame the weaving with five poles of acacia wood covered with a veneer of gold and make gold hooks to hang the weaving. Cast five bronze bases for the poles.

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