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Exodus 27:12-21 Good News Bible (GNB)

12. On the west side there are to be curtains 22 metres long, with ten posts and ten bases.

13. On the east side, where the entrance is, the enclosure is also to be 22 metres wide.

14-15. On each side of the entrance there are to be 6.6 metres of curtains, with three posts and three bases.

16. For the entrance itself there is to be a curtain nine metres long made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and decorated with embroidery. It is to be supported by four posts in four bases.

17. All the posts round the enclosure are to be connected with silver rods, and their hooks are to be made of silver and their bases of bronze.

18. The enclosure is to be 44 metres long, 22 metres wide, and 2.2 metres high. The curtains are to be made of fine linen and the bases of bronze.

19. All the equipment that is used in the Tent and all the pegs for the Tent and for the enclosure are to be made of bronze.

20. “Command the people of Israel to bring you the best olive oil for the lamp, so that it can be lit each evening.

21. Aaron and his sons are to set up the lamp in the Tent of my presence outside the curtain which is in front of the Covenant Box. There in my presence it is to burn from evening until morning. This command is to be kept for ever by the Israelites and their descendants.