Exodus 26:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.

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  • Exod 36:8-9 : 8 Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers. 9 Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure. 10 And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together. 11 And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group. 12 Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another. 13 And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made. 14 And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made. 15 Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure. 16 Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group. 17 And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group, 18 And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent. 19 And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.
  • Exod 26:36 : 36 And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.
  • Exod 35:6 : 6 And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,
  • Exod 35:35 : 35 To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.
  • Exod 25:4 : 4 And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;
  • Exod 25:8 : 8 And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.
  • Exod 25:18 : 18 And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,
  • Exod 26:31 : 31 And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:
  • Exod 36:35 : 35 And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.
  • Exod 40:2 : 2 On the first day of the first month you are to put up the House of the Tent of meeting.
  • Exod 40:17-19 : 17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up. 18 Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places; 19 Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.
  • 1 Chr 17:1 : 1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.
  • 1 Chr 21:29 : 29 For the House of the Lord, which Moses had made in the waste land, and the altar of burned offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
  • John 2:21 : 21 But his words were about that holy building which was his body.
  • Heb 8:2 : 2 As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.
  • Heb 9:9 : 9 And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,
  • Heb 9:23-24 : 23 For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these. 24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.
  • Rev 19:8 : 8 And to her it was given to be clothed in delicate linen, clean and shining: for the clean linen is the righteousness of the saints.
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 92%

    30 And you are to make the House from the design which you saw on the mountain.

    31 And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:

    32 Hanging it by gold hooks from four pillars of wood, plated with gold and fixed in silver bases.

    33 And you are to put up the veil under the hooks, and put inside it the ark of the law: the veil is to be a division between the holy place and the most holy.

  • Exod 36:8-17
    10 verses
    90%

    8 Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

    9 Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

    10 And five curtains were joined together, and the other five curtains were joined together.

    11 And they put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and in the same way on the outside curtain of the second group.

    12 Fifty twists on the one curtain and fifty on the edge of the curtain of the other group; the twists being opposite to one another.

    13 And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.

    14 And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.

    15 Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

    16 Five curtains were joined together to make one group, and six curtains were joined together to make the other group.

    17 And they put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group,

  • 87%

    36 And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.

    37 And make five pillars for the curtain, of hard wood plated with gold; their hooks are to be of gold and their bases of brass

  • Exod 26:2-10
    9 verses
    87%

    2 Every curtain is to be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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

    4 And you are to put twists of blue cord on the edge of the outside curtain of the first group of five, and on the edge of the outside curtain of the second group of five;

    5 Fifty twists on one curtain and fifty on the other, the twists to be opposite one another.

    6 Then make fifty gold hooks, joining the curtains together by the hooks, and in this way the House will be made.

    7 And you are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the House, eleven curtains.

    8 Every curtain is to be thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

    9 Five of these curtains are to be joined together, and the other six are to be joined together, the sixth being folded over to make a hanging in front of the tent.

    10 And you are to put fifty twists of cord on the edge of the outside curtain of one group, and fifty twists on the edge of the outside curtain of the other group.

  • 35 And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.

  • 14 And he made the veil of blue and purple and red, of the best linen, worked with winged ones.

  • 37 And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;

  • 16 And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.

  • Exod 28:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 They are to take the gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen,

    6 And make the ephod of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen, the work of a designer.

  • 9 And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.

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    12 And the folded part which is over of the curtains of the tent, the half-curtain which is folded back, will be hanging down over the back of the House.

    13 And the cubit which is over of the ten curtains at the sides will be hanging over the two sides of the House as a cover.

    14 And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that.

  • 18 And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

  • 15 And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

  • 9 To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:

  • 6 And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,

  • 26 And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.

  • Exod 39:1-3
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    77%

    1 And from the needlework of blue and purple and red they made the robes used for the work of the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

    2 The ephod he made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen;

    3 Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

  • 4 And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

  • 34 The outer cover of sheepskins coloured red, and the cover of leather, and the veil for the doorway;

  • 8 The priest's bag was designed like the ephod, of the best linen worked with gold and blue and purple and red.

  • Num 4:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25 They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting;

    26 And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, with the cords and all the things used for them; whatever is necessary for these, they are to do.

  • 9 Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you.

  • 16 All the hangings were of the best linen.