The Exodus Tabernacle
Curtains and Coverings

The exodus tabernacle curtains were made of linen, in blue, purple, and scarlet, with pictures of angels designed into the fabric -

Exodus 26:1-6, (King James Version)

1. Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

2. The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

3. The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

4. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

5. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

6. And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.


Tabernacle curtains made of linen were also used for the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:36-37, (King James Version)

36. And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

37. And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.


Tabernacle Curtains
The linen tabernacle curtains were covered with curtains made from goats' hair, rams' skins, and badgers' skins. These coverings were layered over the tabernacle, creating four layers altogether. The top layer being the badgers' skins -

Tabernacle curtains made from goat's hair -

Exodus 26:7-13, (King James Version)

7. And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

8. The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

9. And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

10. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

11. And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

12. And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

13. And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

This process for the top was repeated with the tabernacle curtains made from ram's and badgers' skins -

Exodus 26:14, (King James Version)

14. And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.


The tabernacle curtains and coverings were supported by boards and bars covered in pure gold. The boards also had rings of gold and sockets of silver.