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Exodus 37
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1And they made ten curtains for the tabernacle;
1He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.
2of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same [measure] was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits.
2He overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold as places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
3And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined , the woven work with cherubs.
3He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
4And they put it on four posts of incorruptible [wood] overlaid with gold; and their capitals were gold, and their four sockets were silver .
4He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold. He cast four sockets of silver for them.
5And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined , woven work with cherubs,
5He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
6and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their capitals and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.
6and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.
7And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined , one hundred [cubits] every way,
7He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
8and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty;
8their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
9and on the north side one hundred every way, and on the south side one hundred every way, and their posts twentyand their sockets twenty.
9For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
10And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts tenand their sockets ten.
10For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
11And on the east side curtains of fifty cubits of fifteen cubits behind,
11For the east side eastward fifty cubits,
12and their pillars three, and their sockets three.
12the hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
13And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars threeand their sockets three;
13and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
14all the curtains of the tabernacle of fine linen twined .
14All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
15And the sockets of their pillars of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their capitals overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the court overlaid with silver:
15The sockets for the pillars were of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. Their capitals were overlaid with silver. All the pillars of the court had silver bands.
16and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroidererof blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
16The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height along the width was five cubits, like the hangings of the court.
17and their pillars four, and their sockets four of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their capitals overlaid with silver.
17Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
18And all the pins of the court round about of brass, and they [were] overlaid with silver.
18All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of bronze.
19And this was the construction of the tabernacleof witness, accordingly as it was appointed to Moses; so that the public service should belong to the Levites, through Ithamarthe son of Aaron the priest.
19These are the amounts of materials used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
20And Beseleel the son of Urias of the tribe of Juda, did as the Lord commanded Moses.
20Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
21And Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan [was there], who was chief artificer in the woven works and needle-works and embroideries, in weaving with the scarletand fine linen.
21With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.