All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 36:8 in context
Exodus 36:5–11
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They spoke to Moses, saying, “The people have brought much more than enough for the service of the work which the LORD commanded to make.”
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Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing.
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For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work, and too much.
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All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
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The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.
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He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
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He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.
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