Instructions for the coverings for the Sacred Tent

26 “Tell the people to make the Sacred Tent using ten long strips of fine linen. They must take blue, purple, and red thread (OR, weave the strips from blue, purple, and red thread), and a skilled craftsman must embroider these strips with designs that represent the winged creatures that are above the chest. 2 Each strip is to be ◄14 yards/twelve meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide. 3 Tell them to sew five strips together to make one set, and sew the other five strips together to make another set. 4 For each set, they must make loops of blue cloth and fasten them along the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set. 5 They must put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set. 6 Tell them to make 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. As a result, the inside of the Sacred Tent will be as though it was one piece.

7 Also, tell them to make a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair. 8 Each piece of cloth is to be ◄15 yards/13.5 meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide. 9 Tell them to sew five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and sew the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set. They must fold the sixth piece of cloth in half to make it double over the front of the Sacred Tent. 10 Tell them to make 100 loops of blue cloth, and to fasten 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and fasten 50 to the outer edge of the other set. 11 Tell them to make fifty bronze clasps/fasteners and put them in the cloth loops to join the two sets together. As a result, the cover for the Sacred Tent will be as though it was one piece. 12 Let the extra part of the cover, the part that extends beyond the linen cloth, hang over the back of the Sacred Tent. 13 The extra half yard/meter of each cover, the part that extends beyond the linen cloth on each side, must hang over the two sides of the Sacred Tent, to protect the sides. 14 Tell them to make two more covers for the Sacred Tent. One is to be made from rams’ skins that have been ◄tanned/dyed red►, and the top cover is to be made from goatskin leather.”