26:1 “Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and ①violet, purple, and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.
▷ ①Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
26:2 The length of each curtain shall be ①twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have ②the same measurements.
▷ ①About 42 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13 m and 1.8 m ②Lit one measure
26:3 Five curtains shall be ①joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be ②joined to one another.
▷ ①Or coupled ②Or coupled
26:4 You shall make loops of violet on the edge of the ①outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second ②set.
▷ ①Lit one curtain from the end in the coupling ②Lit coupling
26:5 You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the ①edge of the curtain that is in the second ②set; the loops shall be opposite each other.
▷ ①Lit end ②Lit coupling
26:6 You shall also make fifty clasps of gold, and ①join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the ②tabernacle will be a unit.
▷ ①Or couple ②Or dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
26:7 “Then you shall make curtains of goats’ hair as a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.
26:8 The length of each curtain shall be ①thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have ②the same measurements.
▷ ①About 45 ft. long and 6 ft. wide or 13.5 m and 1.8 m ②Lit one measure
26:9 You shall ①join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain ②at the front of the tent.
▷ ①Or couple ②Lit toward the front of the face of the tent
26:10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the ①curtain that is outermost in the first ②set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second ③set.
▷ ①Lit one curtain ②Lit coupling ③Lit coupling
26:11 “You shall also make fifty clasps of ①bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and ②join the tent together so that it will be ③a unit.
▷ ①Or copper ②Or couple ③Lit one
26:12 The ①overhanging part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
▷ ①Lit excess
26:13 The ①cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it.
▷ ①About 18 in. or about 45 cm
26:14 And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins ①dyed red and a covering of ②fine leather above.
▷ ①Or tanned ②Meaning of the Heb uncertain
26:15 “Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.
26:16 ①Ten cubits shall be the length of ②each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
▷ ①About 15 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 4.6 m and 68 cm ②Lit the
26:17 There shall be two tenons for each board, ①fitted to one another; that is what you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.
▷ ①Lit bound
26:18 You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards ①for the south side.
▷ ①Lit toward the side of the Negev to the south
26:19 You shall make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board for its two tenons and two bases under another board for its two tenons;
26:20 and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,
26:21 and their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board and two bases under another board.
26:22 For the ①back of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.
▷ ①Lit far parts
26:23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the ①back.
▷ ①Lit far parts
26:24 They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete ①to its top ②to the first ring; this is how it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.
▷ ①Or at its head ②Or with reference to
26:25 And there shall be eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two bases under one board and two bases under another board.
26:26 “Then you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,
26:27 and five bars for the boards of the ①other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the ②back side to the west.
▷ ①Lit second ②Lit far parts
26:28 The middle bar in the ①center of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
▷ ①Lit midst
26:29 And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
26:30 Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to its plan which you have been shown on the mountain.
26:31 “You shall also make a veil of violet, purple, and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skilled embroiderer.
26:32 Then you shall ①hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also of gold, on four bases of silver.
▷ ①Lit put
26:33 You shall ①hang up the veil under the clasps, and bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall ②serve as a partition for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.
▷ ①Lit put ②Lit separate for you between
26:34 You shall put the ①atoning cover on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
▷ ①Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
26:35 And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.
26:36 “You shall also make a curtain for the doorway of the tent of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a ①weaver.
▷ ①Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
26:37 And you shall make five pillars of acacia for the curtain and overlay them with gold, their hooks also of gold; and you shall cast five bases of ①bronze for them.
▷ ①Or copper