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Exodus 26 :: New International Version (NIV)

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The Tabernacle

(Exo 36:8–38 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:1 - “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:3 - Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:6 - Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:7 - “Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:9 - Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10 - Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:11 - Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:12 - As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - The tent curtains will be a cubit[fn] longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14 - Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:15 - “Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:19 - and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:21 - and forty silver bases—two under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:22 - Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - and make two frames for the corners at the far end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - “Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:28 - The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:29 - Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:30 - “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:31 - “Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - “For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.
See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NIV Footnotes
That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 25:5)
That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide
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