Exodus
Chapter 26
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1The dwelling you shall make of ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet-blue, and purple, and scarlet, with Winged beings that serve near God.. You shall make them the work of a designer.
2The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight Lengths of about a forearm each., and the width four Lengths of about a forearm each., one curtain. One measure for all the curtains.
3Five curtains shall be joined, each to the next, and five curtains joined, each to the next.
4You shall make violet-blue loops on the edge of the one curtain, at the end of the join, and you shall do the same on the edge of the end curtain in the second join.
5You shall make fifty loops on the one curtain, and fifty loops on the end of the curtain in the second join. The loops shall match, each to the next.
6You shall make fifty gold clasps, and join the curtains to each other with the clasps, and the dwelling shall be one.
7You shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the dwelling. Eleven curtains you shall make.
8The length of one curtain shall be thirty Lengths of about a forearm each., and the width four Lengths of about a forearm each., one curtain. One measure for the eleven curtains.
9You shall join five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and you shall fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.
10You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the join, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second join.
11You shall make fifty bronze clasps, and bring the clasps into the loops, and join the tent, and it shall be one.
12The overlap left over in the curtains of the tent, half the leftover curtain, shall hang over the back of the dwelling.
13The A length about as long as a person’s forearm. on this side and the A length about as long as a person’s forearm. on that side, in what is left over in the length of the tent curtains, shall hang over the sides of the dwelling, on this side and on that, to cover it.
14You shall make a covering for the tent of reddened ram skins, and a covering of tachash skins above.
15You shall make the frames for the dwelling of acacia wood, standing upright.
16Ten Lengths of about a forearm each. the length of a frame, and a A length about as long as a person’s forearm. and a half the width of each frame.
17Two tenons for each frame, joined each to the next. So you shall make for all the frames of the dwelling.
18You shall make the frames for the dwelling, twenty frames for the south side, to the south.
19You shall make forty silver bases under the twenty frames, two bases under one frame for its two tenons, and two bases under the next frame for its two tenons.
20For the other side of the dwelling, the north side, twenty frames,
21and their forty silver bases, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame.
22For the rear of the dwelling, to the west, you shall make six frames.
23You shall make two frames for the corners of the dwelling at the rear.
24They shall be double at the bottom, and they shall be complete together at the top, to the one ring. So it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.
25There shall be eight frames, and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under one frame and two bases under the next frame.
26You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of one side of the dwelling,
27five bars for the frames of the other side of the dwelling, and five bars for the frames of the side of the dwelling at the rear, to the west.
28The middle bar, in the middle of the frames, shall run from end to end.
29You shall overlay the frames with gold, and make their rings of gold, holders for the bars, and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
30You shall set up the dwelling according to its plan, which you were shown on the mountain.
31You shall make a curtain of violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen. A designer shall make it, with Winged beings that serve near God..
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Parokhet is the curtain that screens the inner room. It is not the screen at the entrance.
32You shall put it on four acacia pillars overlaid with gold, their hooks gold, on four silver bases.
33You shall put the curtain under the clasps, and bring the chest of the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest. in there, inside the curtain. The curtain shall separate for you the holy place from the holiest place.
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Qodesh ha-qodashim is the holiest place, the holy of holies. “The holiest place” is printed.
34You shall put the cover on the chest of the The stone tablets of God’s agreement, kept in the chest. in the holiest place.
35You shall set the table outside the curtain, and the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side of the dwelling, and you shall put the table on the north side.
36You shall make a screen for the entrance of the tent, of violet-blue, purple, scarlet, and twisted fine linen, the work of an embroiderer.
37You shall make for the screen five acacia pillars, and overlay them with gold, their hooks gold, and you shall cast five bronze bases for them.