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Exodus 36:15

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Curtains;   Israel;   Tabernacle;   Tapestry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Goat, the;   Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Curtain;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Curtains;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tabernacle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
King James Version
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
Lexham English Bible
The length of the one curtain was thirty cubits, and the width was four cubits for the one curtain; one measure was for the eleven curtains.
New Century Version
All eleven curtains were the same size—forty-five feet long and six feet wide.
New English Translation
The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet—one size for all eleven curtains.
Amplified Bible
Each curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide; the eleven curtains were of equal size.
New American Standard Bible
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The length of one curtaine had thirtie cubites, & the bredth of one curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines were of one cise.
Legacy Standard Bible
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.
Complete Jewish Bible
Each sheet was forty-five feet long and six feet wide; all eleven sheets were the same size.
Darby Translation
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of one curtain—one measure for the eleven curtains.
Easy-to-Read Version
All the curtains were the same size—30 cubits long and 4 cubits wide.
English Standard Version
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size.
George Lamsa Translation
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were of one size.
Good News Translation
They made them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.
Christian Standard Bible®
Each curtain was forty-five feet long and six feet wide. All eleven curtains had the same measurements.
Literal Translation
The length of the one curtain was thirty by the cubit, and four cubits the width of the one curtain; one measure to the eleven curtains.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
of thirtie cubytes longe, & foure cubytes brode, all of one measure,
American Standard Version
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The length of one curtayne had thirtie cubites, & was foure cubites brode, and they all eleuen of one sise.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain; the eleven curtains had one measure.
King James Version (1611)
The length of one curtaine was thirtie cubites, and foure cubites was the breadth of one curtaine: the eleuen curtaines were of one cise.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined.
English Revised Version
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.
Berean Standard Bible
Each of the eleven curtains was the same size-thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
o saie hadde thretti cubitis in lengthe, foure cubitis in breede; alle the saies weren of o mesure;
Young's Literal Translation
the length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain [is] four cubits; one measure [is] to the eleven curtains;
Update Bible Version
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.
Webster's Bible Translation
The length of one curtain [was] thirty cubits, and four cubits [was] the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains [were] of one size.
World English Bible
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
New King James Version
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were the same size.
New Living Translation
These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.
New Life Bible
Each curtain was as long as fifteen long steps, and as wide as two long steps, all of them the same.
New Revised Standard
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were of the same size.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the length of each curtain, was thirty cubits, and, four cubits, was the breath of each curtain, - one measure, had the eleven curtains.
Douay-Rheims Bible
One curtain was thirty cubits long, and four cubits broad: all the curtains were of one measure.
Revised Standard Version
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains had the same measure.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The length of each curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.

Contextual Overview

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. 20 And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood. 21 The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide. 22 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way. 23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 36:4
Adah had a son Eliphaz; and Basemath was the mother of Reuel;
Genesis 36:11
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
Genesis 36:12
And Eliphaz, the son of Esau, had connection with a woman named Timna, who gave birth to Amalek: all these were the children of Esau's wife Adah.
Genesis 36:18
And these are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah: these were the chiefs who came from Esau's wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.
Genesis 36:35
And at the death of Husham, Hadad, son of Bedad, who overcame the Midianites in the field of Moab, became king; his chief town was named Avith.
Genesis 36:36
And at the death of Hadad, Samlah of Masrekah became king.
Exodus 15:15
The chiefs of Edom were troubled in heart; the strong men of Moab were in the grip of fear: all the people of Canaan became like water.
1 Chronicles 1:45
At the death of Jobab, Husham, from the land of the Temanites, became king in his place.
Job 2:11
And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
Job 4:1
And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

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