Sinai & The Law

Because the things that were offered did suffice, and were too much.

And all the men that were wise of heart, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of twisted fine linen, and violet, and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, with varied work, and the art of embroidering:

The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth four: all the curtains were of the same size.

And he joined five curtains, one to another, and the other five he coupled one to another.

He made also loops of violet in the edge of one curtain on both sides, and in the edge of the other curtain in like manner,

That the loops might meet one against another, and might be joined each with the other.

Whereupon also he cast fifty rings of gold, that might catch the loops of the curtains, and they might be made one tabernacle.

He made also eleven curtains of goats' hair, to cover the roof of the tabernacle:

One curtain was thirty cubits long, and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure.

Five of which he joined apart, and the other six apart.

And he made fifty loops in the edge of one curtain, and fifty in the edge of another curtain, that they might be joined one to another.

And fifty buckles of brass wherewith the roof might be knit together, that of all the curtains there might be made one covering.

He made also a cover for the tabernacle of rams' skins dyed red; and another cover over that of violet skins.

He made also the boards of the tabernacle of setim wood standing.

The length of one board was ten cubits; and the breadth was one cubit and a half.

There were two mortises throughout every board, that one might be joined to the other. And in this manner he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Of which twenty were at the south side southward,

With forty sockets of silver, two sockets were put under one board on the two sides of the corners, where the mortises of the sides end in the corners.

At that side also of the tabernacle, that looketh towards the north, he made twenty boards,

With forty sockets of silver, two sockets for every board.

But against the west, to wit, at that side of the tabernacle, which looketh to the sea, he made six boards,

And two others at each corner of the tabernacle behind:

Which were also joined from beneath unto the top, and went together into one joint. Thus he did on both sides at the corners:

So there were in all eight boards, and they had sixteen sockets of silver, to wit, two sockets under every board.

He made also bars of setim wood, five to hold together the boards of one side of the tabernacle,