Exodus 26 · Parashat Terumah

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with keruvim of artistic work shalt thou make them.

The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the curtains shall be all of one measure.

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain that is at the edge of the first coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of the curtain, that is outmost in the second coupling.

Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; that the loops may take hold one of another.

And thou shalt make fifty golden clasps, and couple the curtains together with the clasps: that the tabernacle may be one.

And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain of the second coupling.

And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

And thou shalt make a covering for the Tent, of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of taĥash skins.

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

Two tenons shall there be in one board, connected one with the other: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.

And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

and their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

And for the side of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the west side.

And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the third side of the tabernacle, for the side westward.

And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold as places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to its fashion which was shown thee in the mountain.

And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen with keruvim shall it be made of artistic work:

and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver.

And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, that thou mayst bring in there within the veil the ark of the Testimony: and the veil shall be for you as a division between the holy place and the most holy.

And thou shalt put the covering upon the ark of the Testimony in the most holy place.

And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer.

And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.