make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long [1] on one side, 10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11 Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 12 The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide,[2] with ten posts and ten bases.
13 The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide. 14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long,[3] with three posts and three bases, 15 and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
16 The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long,[4] with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases. 18 The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,[5] with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high,[6] and with bronze bases. 19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamps
(Leviticus 24:1–4)
20 And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony,[7] Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
Garments for the Priests
28 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests. 2 Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
3 You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest. 4 These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests. 5 They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.
The Ephod
(Exodus 39:1–7)
6 They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. 7 It shall have two shoulder pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened. 8 And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod must be of one piece, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
- ↑ 9 100 cubits is approximately 150 feet or 45.7 meters; also in verse 11.
- ↑ 12 50 cubits is approximately 75 feet or 22.9 meters; also in verse 13.
- ↑ 14 15 cubits is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters; also in verse 15.
- ↑ 16 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters.
- ↑ 18 The courtyard was approximately 150 feet long and 75 feet wide (45.7 meters long and 22.9 meters wide).
- ↑ 18 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.
- ↑ 21 The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments.
