Exodus · Chapter 26

[ edit] The tabernacle forſoþe þow ſhalt make þus; ten curteyns of biys aȝenfoldid, and iacynkt, and purpur, and coctyn twies died, dyuerſid wiþ nedle werk, þow ſhalt make. Þe lengþe of o curtyn ſhal haue eiȝt and twenti cubitis, þe brede ſhal be of foure cubitis; of o meſure ſhal be made alle þe tentis. Fyue curtyns to hem ſeluen ſhulen be ioyned to gidere, and oþer fyue ſhulen ioyne togidere lijk manere ioynynge. Litil oyletis iacyntyns in þe ſides, and in þe ouermeſt of þe curtyns, þow ſhalt make, þat þei mowen be cowplid togidere. Þe curtyn ſhal haue fifti oiletis in eiþer parti, ſo ſet in, þat o oylete may come aȝen anoþer, and þe oþer may be leide to þe oþer.

And þow ſhalt make fifty goldun cerclis, wiþ þe whiche þe veyles of þe curtyns ben to be ioyned, þat o tabernacle be maad. And þow ſhalt make elleuen heeren ſarges to couer þe roof of þe tabernacle; þe lengþe of þe too ſarge ſhal haue þretti cubitis, and þe brede foure; euen meſure ſhal be of alle þe ſarges. Of þe whiche fyue þou ſhalt ioyne aſide, and ſixe to hem ſilf þou ſhalt couple togider, ſo þat þe ſixt ſarge þou double in þe frount of þe roof.

And þou ſhalt make fifti oiletis in þe hemme of þe too ſarge, þat it mai be ioyned wiþ þe toþer; and fifti oiletis in þe hemme to þe toþer ſarge, þat it mai be couplid wiþ þe toþer; and fifti knoppis of bras wiþ whiche þe oyletis mowen be ioyned, þat þere be maad o couertour of alle. Þat forſoþe þat leeueþ of in þe ſarges, þat ben greiþid to þe roof, þat is, o ſarge þat is þe larger, of þe half of it, þow ſhalt couere þe hyndermore parties of þe tabernacle; and o cubijt ſhal hong on þat o parti, and anoþer on þat oþer, þat is more ouer in þe lengþe of þe ſarges, eiþer ſide of þe tabernacle wardynge.

And þou ſhalt make anoþer couertour to þe roof, of þe ſkynnes of weþeres maad reed, and vpon þat eftſones anoþer couertour of blew ſkynnes. And þow ſhalt make þe tables ſtondynge of þe tabernacle, of þe trees of Sichym, þe whiche echon han in lengþe ten cubitis, and in brede eche oon and an half. In þe ſides of þe tabernacle be þere made two rabitis, wiþ þe whiche þe to table be ſett faſt to þe toþer; and ſo in þis manere alle þe tablis ſhulen be greiþid. Of þe whiche twenti ſhulen be in þe mydday ſide, þat drawiþ toward þe ſowþ; to þe whiche and fourti ſilueren ſtakis þow ſhalt ȝeete, þat two ſtakis ben vnderput to ech table, bi two corners.

And in þe ſecounde ſyde of þe tabernacle, þat drawiþ to þe norþ, þere ſhulen be twenti tablis, hauynge fourti ſilueren ſtakis; two ſtakis to eche table ſhulen be vnderput. Forſoþe to þe weſt cooſt of þe tabernacle þow ſhalt make ſixe tables; and eftſones oþer two, þe whiche in þe corners ben arerid, bihynde þe bak of þe tabernacle; and þei ſhulen be to hem ſeluen ioynd to gidere fro byneþ vnto aboue, and o ioynyng ſhal holde hem alle. To þe two forſoþe tables þat ben to be put in þe corners lijk manere ioynyng ſhal be kept, and þere ſhulen be togidere eyȝt tablis; þe ſilueren ſtakis of hem ſixtene, two ſtakys noumbrid by o table.

And þow ſhalt make fyue beryng ſtaues of þe trees of Sichym, to be holdun to gidere þe tablis in þe o ſide of þe tabernacle, and fyue oþer in þe toþer, and of þe ſame noumbre at þe weſt cooſt; þat ſhulen be putte bi þe myddel tables fro þe heiȝeſt vnto þe heiȝeſt. And þilke tablis þou ſhalt gilden, and þou ſhalt ȝeten in hem goldun rynges, bi þe whiche þe ſtaues holden togidere þe bordid ſides, þe whiche þow ſhalt couere wiþ goldun plates. And þow ſhalt arere þe tabernacle, after þe ſaumplere þat is ſhewid to þee in þe hil.

And þow ſhalt make a veyle of iacynkt, and purpur, and coctun twies died, and bijs foldun aȝen wiþ nedle werk, and wiþ fayre dyuerſite weuyd togidere; þe whiche þow ſhalt honge before þe foure pilers of þe trees of Sichym, þe whiche alſo ſhulen be gilt; and þei ſhulen han goldun heedes, but ſilueren feet. Þe veyle forſoþe be it ſett yn bi cercles, wiþ ynne þe whiche þou ſhalt put þe arke of teſtymonye, and wiþ þe which þe ſeyntuarye and þe ſeyntuarye of þe ſeyntuarie ſhulen be dyuydid.

And þow ſhalt putte þe propiciatorie vpon þe arke of teſtymonye, into þe parti of þe tabernacle þat is clepid holi of halowes; and þe bord wiþ outen þe veyle, and aȝen þe bord þe candelſtik in þe ſowþ ſide of þe tabernacle; þe bord forſoþe ſhal ſtonde in þe parti of þe norþ. And þow ſhalt make a tent in þe goyng ynne of þe tabernacle, of iacynkt, and purpur, and coctun twies died, and bijs foldun aȝen wiþ nedle werk. And fyue pilers þow ſhalt gilte of trees of Sichym, before þe whiche ſhal þe tente be lad, of þe whiche ſhulen be goldun heedes, and braſun feet.