Study Desk

"Make for the Holy Tent ten curtains of fine linen and blue, purple, and red thread. Have a skilled craftsman sew designs of creatures with wings on the pieces of cloth.

Sew five curtains together for one set, and sew the other curtains together for the second set.

Make loops of blue cloth on the edge of the end curtain of one set, and do the same for the end curtain of the other set.

Make fifty loops down the edge of the end curtain of one set, and do the same for the end curtain of the other set.

Make a covering for the Holy Tent from sheepskins colored red, and over that make a covering from fine leather.

"Use acacia wood to make upright frames for the Holy Tent.

Make twenty frames for the south side of the Holy Tent.

Each frame must have two silver bases to go under it, a peg fitting into each base. You must make forty silver bases for the frames.

Make twenty more frames for the north side of the Holy Tent

and forty silver bases for them—two bases for each frame.

You must make six frames for the rear or west end of the Holy Tent

and two frames for each corner at the rear.

"Then, for the entrance of the Tent, make a curtain with fine linen and blue, purple, and red thread. Someone who can sew well is to sew designs on it.

Make five posts of acacia wood covered with gold. Make gold hooks for them on which to hang the curtain, and make five bronze bases for them.

"Use bronze to make all the tools and dishes that will be used on the altar: the pots to remove the ashes, the shovels, the bowls for sprinkling blood, the meat forks, and the pans for carrying the burning wood.

"Make poles of acacia wood for the altar, and cover them with bronze.

All the things used in the Holy Tent and all the tent pegs for the Holy Tent and the wall around the courtyard must be made of bronze.

Make holy clothes for your brother Aaron to give him honor and beauty.

Tell all the skilled craftsmen to whom I have given wisdom to make special clothes for Aaron—clothes to show that he belongs to me so that he may serve me as a priest.

These are the clothes they must make: a chest covering, a holy vest, an outer robe, a woven inner robe, a turban, and a cloth belt. The craftsmen must make these holy clothes for your brother Aaron and his sons. Then they may serve me as priests.