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Exodus 37
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1And they made ten curtains for the tabernacle;
1And he made the middle bar to shoot through 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.
2And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be 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.
3And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
4And they put it on four posts of incorruptible [wood] overlaid with gold; and their capitals were gold, and their four sockets were silver.
4And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
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,
5And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
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: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
7And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined , one hundred [cubits] every way,
7And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
8and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty;
8Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; 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.
9And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; 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.
10And for 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,
11And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
12and their pillars three, and their sockets three.
12The hangings of the one side of the gate 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 for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, 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 of the court round about 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:
15And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
16and the veil of the gate of the court , the work of an embroiderer of 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;
16And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to 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.
17And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
18And all the pins of the court round about of brass, and they [were] overlaid with silver.
18And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
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 Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
19This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
20And Beseleel the son of Urias of the tribe of Juda, did as the Lord commanded Moses.
20And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord 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.
21And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.