Exodus 26:1

“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

² Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide —all curtains the same size.

³ Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
KJV: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
WEB: “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall make them with the work of a skillful workman.
ASV: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
DARBY: And thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them.
BLB: [“] And you shall make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; [with] cherubim, the work of a designer, you shall make them.

ÅB: Tabernaklet skal du gjøre av ti tepper av fint, tvunnet lingarn og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull; du skal gjøre dem med kjeruber på i kunstvevning.
OTB: "Bygg tabernaklet med ti tepper av fint tvunnet lin og blått, purpur og skarlagenrødt garn, med kjeruber laget av en dyktig håndverker.
B1930: Tabernaklet skal du gjøre av ti tepper av fint, tvunnet lingarn og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull; du skal gjøre dem med kjeruber på i kunstvevning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 36:8–19
All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
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Exodus 26:36
For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
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Exodus 26:31
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
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Exodus 36:35
Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
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Exodus 25:18
Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
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Hebrews 9:23–24
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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1 Chronicles 17:1
After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
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Exodus 40:17–19
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
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