מִשְׁכָּן

You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.

You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames

Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

…and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

…five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

…the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;

…the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

…the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;

All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

…and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

…five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

…the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.

So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;

…the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;

“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.

So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.