The Tabernacle
8 The skilled craftsmen made ten curtains of finely woven linen for the Tabernacle. Then Bezalel decorated the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.
9 All ten curtains were exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.
10 Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.
11 He made fifty loops of blue yarn and put them along the edge of the last curtain in each set.
12 The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain matched the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.
13 Then he made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.
14 He made eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.
15 These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.
16 Bezalel joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain.
17 He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.
18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.
19 He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.
Luke 8:16-18
A Lamp on a Stand
16 “No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house.
17 For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.
18 “So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them.”
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