17. They made fifty loops on the edge of the outer curtain of the one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set of curtains.
18. They made fifty copper clasps to join the tent together so that it would be one whole structure.
19. They also made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red and an outer covering of beaded leather.
20. Then they made acacia-wood boards to stand upright as a frame for the dwelling.
21. Each board was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.
22. Each board had two pegs for joining them to each other. They did this for all the dwelling’s boards.
23. They made twenty boards for the dwelling’s southern side.
24. They made forty silver bases under the twenty boards, with two bases under the first board for its two pegs, two bases under the next board for its two pegs, and so on.
25. For the dwelling’s other side on the north, they made twenty boards
26. and forty silver bases, two bases under the first board, two bases under the next board, and so on.
27. For the back of the dwelling on the west, they made six boards.
28. They made two additional boards for the dwelling’s rear corners.