Exodus 26 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
"Make the out of ten curtain panels. Use finely twisted linen with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and have a skilled craftsman weave into them."
Each curtain panel should be long and six wide. Make all the panels the same size.
Join five of the curtain panels together as one set, and join the other five panels as another set.
Make loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last panel in each set.
Make fifty loops on the first set and fifty matching loops on the second set, so the loops line up across from each other.
Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the two sets together so the dwelling place becomes
"Then make curtain panels of goat hair to form a over the dwelling place — eleven panels total.
Each panel should be forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Make all eleven panels the same size.
Join five panels together as one section and six panels together as another. Fold the sixth panel double at the front of the tent.
Make fifty loops along the edge of the last panel of one set, and fifty loops along the edge of the last panel of the other set.
Make fifty bronze clasps, put them through the loops, and connect the tent so it becomes one piece.
The extra length of the tent panels — the half panel that hangs over — should drape down over the back of the dwelling place.
The tent panels will be eighteen inches longer on each side, and that extra length should hang over the sides of the dwelling place to cover it.
Make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that, another covering of
"Make upright frames of for the dwelling place.
Each frame should be fifteen feet tall and twenty-seven inches wide.
Each frame should have two that fit into each other. Make all the frames for the dwelling place this way.
Make twenty frames for the south side of the dwelling place.
Make forty to go under the twenty frames — two under each frame, one for each peg.
For the north side of the dwelling place, make another twenty frames
with forty silver bases — two bases under each frame.
Make six frames for the far end of the dwelling place — the west side.
Make two additional frames for the corners at the far end.
These corner frames should be paired at the bottom and joined together at the top with a single ring. Make both corner frames this way.
So there will be eight frames on the west end, with sixteen silver bases — two under each frame.
"Make crossbars of acacia wood — five for the frames on one side of the dwelling place,
five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the far end, to the west.
The center crossbar should run from one end of the wall to the other, halfway up the frames.
Overlay the frames with gold, make gold rings to hold the crossbars, and overlay the crossbars with gold too.
Set up the dwelling place according to the you were shown on the mountain.
"Make a of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen. Have a skilled craftsman weave winged creatures into it.
Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, standing on four silver bases.
Hang the curtain from the clasps, and place the of the behind it. This curtain will separate the main room from the most
Place the on top of the chest of the covenant promise in the most sacred space.
Place the outside the curtain on the north side, and the across from it on the south side.
"For the entrance to the tent, make a of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen — the work of a skilled embroiderer.
Make five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold for the screen, with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.