Instructions for the coverings for the Sacred Tent

1“Tell the people to make the Sacred Tent using ten long strips of fine linen. They must take blue, purple, and red thread (OR, weave the strips from blue, purple, and red thread), and a skilled craftsman must embroider these strips with designs that represent the winged creatures that are above the chest.

2Each strip is to be ◄14 yards/twelve meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide.

3Tell them to sew five strips together to make one set, and sew the other five strips together to make another set.

4For each set, they must make loops of blue cloth and fasten them along the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set.

5They must put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.

6Tell them to make 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. As a result, the inside of the Sacred Tent will be as though it was one piece.

7Also, tell them to make a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair.

8Each piece of cloth is to be ◄15 yards/13.5 meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide.

9Tell them to sew five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and sew the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set. They must fold the sixth piece of cloth in half to make it double over the front of the Sacred Tent.

10Tell them to make 100 loops of blue cloth, and to fasten 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and fasten 50 to the outer edge of the other set.

11Tell them to make fifty bronze clasps/fasteners and put them in the cloth loops to join the two sets together. As a result, the cover for the Sacred Tent will be as though it was one piece.

12Let the extra part of the cover, the part that extends beyond the linen cloth, hang over the back of the Sacred Tent.

13The extra half yard/meter of each cover, the part that extends beyond the linen cloth on each side, must hang over the two sides of the Sacred Tent, to protect the sides.

14Tell them to make two more covers for the Sacred Tent. One is to be made from rams’ skins that have been ◄tanned/dyed red►, and the top cover is to be made from goatskin leather.”

Instructions for the framework for the Sacred Tent

15“Tell them to make 48 frames from acacia wood, frames that will be set up from which to hang the Sacred Tent covers.

16Each frame is to be ◄five yards/four meters► long and ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide.

17They must make two projections at the bottom of each frame. These will be to fasten the frames to the bases underneath them. They must make these projections at the bottom of each frame.

18Make 20 frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent.

19Tell them to make 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases will go under each frame. The projections at the bottom of each frame are to be made to fit into the bases.

20Similarly, tell them to make twenty frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent.

21They must make 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases to be put under each frame.

22For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, tell them to make six frames.

23Also, tell them to make two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, to provide extra support.

24The two corner frames must be joined from the bottom to the top (OR, joined at both the bottom and the top). At the top of each of the two corner frames there must be a gold ring for holding the crossbar.

25In that way, for the rear of the Sacred Tent there will be eight frames, and there will be 16 bases, two under each frame.

26Tell them to make 15 crossbars from acacia wood.

27Five of them will be for the frames on the north side of the Sacred Tent, five will be for the south side, and five for the frames at the rear of the Sacred Tent, the west side.

28Tell them to fasten the crossbars on the north, south, and west sides of the Sacred Tent to the middle of the frames. The two long ones must extend from one end of the Sacred Tent to the other, and the crossbar on the west side must extend from one side of the Sacred Tent to the other.

29Tell them to cover the frames with gold, and make gold rings to fasten the crossbars to the frames. The crossbars must also be covered with gold.

30Erect the Sacred Tent in the way that I have shown you here on this mountain.”

Instructions for the Very Holy Place and the curtain

31“Tell them to make a curtain from fine linen. A skilled craftsman must embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, making designs to represent the winged creatures that are above the chest.

32Tell them to suspend/hang the curtain from four posts made from acacia wood and covered with gold. Set each post in a silver base.

33They must suspend/hang the top of the curtain by hooks that are fastened to the roof of the Sacred Tent. Behind the curtain, in the room called the Very Holy Place, they must put the chest containing the two stone slabs on which I have written my commandments. That curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place.

34On top of the chest in the Very Holy Place they must put the lid which will be the place where blood will be sprinkled to forgive people’s sins.

35In the room that is outside of the Very Holy Place, they must put the table for the sacred bread on the north side, and put the lampstand on the south side.

36Tell them to make a curtain to cover the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They must make it from fine linen, and a skilled weaver must embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread.

37To hold up this curtain, they must make five posts from acacia wood. They must cover them with gold, and fasten gold clasps/fasteners to them. Also they must make a bronze base for each of these posts.”