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.

2 - All the curtains are to be the same size - twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

3 - Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.

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.

5 - Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

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

7 - "Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle - eleven altogether.

8 - All eleven curtains are to be the same size - thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

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.

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.

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

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.

13 - The tent curtains will be a cubit That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it.

14 - Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.

15 - "Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

16 - Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide, That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide

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

18 - Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle

19 - and make forty silver bases to go under them - two bases for each frame, one under each projection.

20 - For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames

21 - and forty silver bases - two under each frame.

22 - Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,

23 - and make two frames for the corners at the far end.

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.

25 - So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases - two under each frame.

26 - "Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

27 - five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.

28 - The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.

29 - Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

30 - "Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.

31 - "Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.

32 - Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

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.

34 - Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.

35 - Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.

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.

37 - Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.