1. "Truly, thus shall you make the tabernacle: You shall make ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth as well as purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse embroidery.
2. The length of one curtain shall have twenty-eight cubits. The width shall be four cubits. The entire set of curtains shall be of one measure.
3. Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five shall be similarly coupled together.
4. You shall make loops of hyacinth on the sides at the edges of the curtains, so that they will be able to be joined to one another.
5. A curtain shall have fifty loops on each of two sides, inserted in such a manner that loop may come against loop, and one can be fitted to the other.
6. You shall also make fifty rings of gold, with which the veils of the curtains are to be joined, so that it shall be one tabernacle.
7. You shall also make eleven haircloth canopies to cover the roof of the tabernacle.
8. The length of one canopy shall hold thirty cubits, and the width, four. The measure of all the canopies shall be equal.
9. Five of these you shall join by themselves, and six of these you shall couple to one another, in such a manner as to double the sixth canopy at the front of the roof.
10. You shall also make fifty loops along the edge of one canopy, so that it may be able to be joined with the other, and fifty loops along the edge of the other canopy, so that it may be coupled with the other.
11. You shall also make fifty brass buckles, with which the loops may be joined, so that there may be one covering out of all.
12. Then what will be left over of the canopies which are prepared for the roof, that is, one canopy which is in excess, from half of it you shall cover the back of the tabernacle.
13. And one cubit will hang down on one side, and another on the other side, which is more than the length of the curtains, protecting both sides of the tabernacle.
14. You shall also make another covering for the roof from the skins of rams, dyed-red, and above that again, another covering of violet-colored skins.