New International Reader's Version

Exodus 26:1-12 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. "Make ten curtains out of finely twisted linen for the holy tent. Make them with blue, purple and bright red yarn. Have a skilled worker sew cherubim into the pattern.

2. Make all of the curtains the same size. They must be 42 feet long and six feet wide.

3. "Join five of the curtains together. Do the same thing with the other five.

4. Make loops out of blue strips of cloth along the edge of the end curtain in one set. Do the same thing with the end curtain in the other set.

5. Make 50 loops on the end curtain of the one set. Do the same thing on the end curtain of the other set. Put the loops across from each other.

6. Make 50 gold hooks. Use them to join the curtains together so that the holy tent is all one piece.

7. "Make a total of 11 curtains out of goat hair to put over the holy tent.

8. Make all 11 curtains the same size. They must be 45 feet long and six feet wide.

9. "Join five of the curtains together into one set. Do the same thing with the other six. Fold the sixth curtain in half at the front of the tent.

10. Make 50 loops along the edge of the end curtain in the one set. Do the same thing with the other set.

11. Then make 50 bronze hooks. Put them in the loops to join the tent together all in one piece.

12. "Let the extra half curtain hang down at the rear of the holy tent.