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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 26 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/26-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Exodus 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/25.htm" title="Exodus 25">◄</a> Exodus 26 <a href="../exodus/27.htm" title="Exodus 27">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/exodus/26.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Tabernacle</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Join five of the curtains together into one set and the other six into another set. Fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The tent curtains will be a cubit <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters">c</a></sup></span> longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 25:5)">d</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide">e</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and forty silver bases—two under each frame. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and make two frames for the corners at the far end. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Place the table outside the curtain on the north side of the tabernacle and put the lampstand opposite it on the south side.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>“For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/26-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 45 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals (see 25:5)</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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