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Exodus 26:3-16 Good News Bible (GNB)

3. Sew five of them together in one set, and do the same with the other five.

4. Make loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.

5. Put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set.

6. Make fifty gold hooks with which to join the two sets into one piece.

7. “Make a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.

8. Make them all the same size, thirteen metres long and two metres wide.

9. Sew five of them together in one set, and the other six in another set. Fold the sixth piece double over the front of the Tent.

10. Put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.

11. Make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the two sets so as to form one cover.

12. Hang the extra half-piece over the back of the Tent.

13. The extra fifty centimetres on each side of the length is to hang over the sides of the Tent to cover it.

14. “Make two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as the outer cover.

15. “Make upright frames for the Tent out of acacia wood.

16. Each frame is to be four metres long and 66 centimetres wide,

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