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Exodus 38:13-24 Good News Bible (GNB)

13. On the east side, where the entrance was, the enclosure was also 22 metres wide.

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

16. All the curtains round the enclosure were made of fine linen.

17. The bases for the posts were made of bronze, and the hooks, the rods, and the covering of the tops of the posts were made of silver. All the posts round the enclosure were connected with silver rods.

18. The curtain for the entrance of the enclosure was made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and decorated with embroidery. It was nine metres long and two metres high, like the curtains of the enclosure.

19. It was supported by four posts in four bronze bases. Their hooks, the covering of their tops, and their rods were made of silver.

20. All the pegs for the Tent and for the surrounding enclosure were made of bronze.

21. Here is a list of the amounts of the metals used in the Tent of the Lord's presence, where the two stone tablets were kept on which the Ten Commandments were written. The list was ordered by Moses and made by the Levites who worked under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

22. Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded.

23. His helper, Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, was an engraver, a designer, and a weaver of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool.

24. All the gold that had been dedicated to the Lord for the sacred Tent weighed one tonne, weighed according to the official standard.