Exodus 26

⁸All 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.

⁹Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

³⁶For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

³¹Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

³⁵Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

¹⁸Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

²³So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

²⁴For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

²he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

²⁵They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

¹After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”

⁷You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

⁸Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

¹⁰And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

⁹Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.

²¹In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

²²And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

²¹that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

¹⁶From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

¹⁹He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

¹⁰Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

¹¹Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

¹¹He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

¹²He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.

¹⁷He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

⁵Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.

¹⁸He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

³³And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

¹⁶From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

²²And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

²³which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

¹³He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

⁴As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

⁵you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

¹⁴Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

¹³All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

⁵Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

¹“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.

²³Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.

⁴blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

¹³And 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.

²Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.

³Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

⁶Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

²Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.

⁸Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

¹⁹Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

⁵ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

⁴Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is the shade on your right hand.

⁷ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

⁶a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

⁵Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.

²⁰Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

²¹Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

¹⁷So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

¹⁸When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

³¹This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

³²and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.

²⁰built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

²¹In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

²²Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

²³and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

⁵ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;

¹⁹with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

²⁴with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

²²Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

²⁷The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.

³⁷Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold, use hooks of gold, and cast five bronze bases for them.

³¹This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

³²and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.

³⁰He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,

³¹the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.

¹²The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

¹³The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.

²⁴with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

²⁵For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

¹⁶Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

⁵you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

¹A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

²It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.

²⁹coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

³⁰So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

¹⁰I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

¹We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

³¹This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

³¹He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

³²five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

¹Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

²Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

¹⁶From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

¹⁹He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

¹¹Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.

¹²Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.

⁴⁰See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

⁵The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

⁹You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

⁴⁴Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

²“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

²³So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

⁵¹At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

¹⁴He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

³⁵Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

⁸All 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.

²And the Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

¹“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.

³⁷Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold, use hooks of gold, and cast five bronze bases for them.

³⁸together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.

⁶Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

²A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

³Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

²And the Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

²¹Then 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.

¹⁶And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

⁴But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

⁵And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

⁷Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

⁸For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

²⁰Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

²¹Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

⁵Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

²²Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

²⁴He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle

²A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

³¹Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

³²Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

⁸By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

⁹It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

³⁷For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

⁶Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

²⁵The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

⁶⁰He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.

³¹Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

¹¹the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;

³⁸together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.