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Exodus 26:14
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You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.
"And you will make a covering for the tent of red-dyed ram skins and a covering of fine leather to go above.
Make a covering for the Holy Tent from sheepskins colored red, and over that make a covering from fine leather.
"You are to make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather.
"You shall make a third covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a fourth covering above that of porpoise skins.
"And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather above.
Moreouer, for that couering thou shalt make a couering of rammes skinnes died red, and a couering of badgers skinnes aboue.
You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.
"You are to make a covering for the tent of tanned ram skins and an outer covering of fine leather.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins over [that].
Make two coverings to go over the outer tent. One covering should be made from ram skins dyed red. The other covering should be made from fine leather.
And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and a covering of goatskins on top.
And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams skins dyed red and a covering of rams skins dyed with vermilion.
"Make two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as the outer cover.
Make a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red and a covering of fine leather on top of that.
And you shall make a cover for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of dugong skins from above.
Besydes this couerynge thou shalt make a couerynge of reed skynnes of rammes. And aboue this a coueringe of doo skinnes.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that.
And vppon the tabernacle, thou shalt make a coueryng of Rammes skynnes dyed red, and yet a coueryng aboue all of Taxus skynnes.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of sealskins above.
And thou shalt make a couering for the tent of rammes skinnes died red, and a couering aboue of badgers skinnes.
And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle rams’ skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, with a covering of fine leather over it.
And thou schalt make another hilyng to the roof, of `skynnes of wetheres maad reed, and ouer this thou schalt make eft anothir hilyng of `skynnes of iacynt.
and thou hast made a covering for the tent, of rams' skins made red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.
And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent, [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] badgers' skins.
You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
"You shall also make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the tent, and a covering of badger skins above that.
Complete the tent covering with a protective layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.
Make a covering for the tent of rams' skins made red, and a covering over that of badgers' skins.
You shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and an outer covering of fine leather.
And thou shalt make a covering, for the tent, of rams skins dyed red, - and a covering of badger's skins, above.
Thou shalt make also another cover to the roof of rams’ skins dyed red: and over that again another cover of violet coloured skins.
And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins.
"You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a covering: Exodus 36:19, Numbers 4:5, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 121:4, Psalms 121:5, Isaiah 4:6, Isaiah 25:4
rams' skins dyed red: Oroth ailim meoddamim, literally, the skins of red rams. It is a fact, attested by many respectable travellers, that in the Levant, sheep are often met with having red or violet coloured fleeces. Almost all ancient writers speak of the same thing. Exodus 25:5, Exodus 35:7, Exodus 35:23, Exodus 39:34, Numbers 4:10, Ezekiel 16:10
badgers' skins: Oroth techashim, which nearly all the ancient versions have taken to be the name of a colour, though they differ very much with regard to the particular colour intended: the LXX, Vulgate, and Coptic, have skins dyed of a violet colour; the Syriac, azure; and the Arabic, black; and Bochart contends for the hysginus, a very deep blue. It may, however, denote an animal; for Dr. Geddes remarks, had the sacred writer meant to express only a variety of colour, he would hardly have repeated oroth, skins, after meoddamim, red, in Exodus 25:5.
Reciprocal: Exodus 26:7 - a Numbers 4:25 - the covering
Cross-References
The king was good to Abram because of Sarai, and Abram was given sheep, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.
Abram was very rich. He owned many cattle, sheep, and goats, and had a lot of silver and gold.
and Isaac was so successful that he became very rich.
In fact, the Philistines were jealous of the large number of sheep, goats, and slaves that Isaac owned,
Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept wondering about the dream.
Saul never again trusted David.
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred pair of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a large number of servants. He was the richest person in the East.
Envy and jealousy will kill a stupid fool.
The Lord now blessed Job more than ever; he gave him fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand pair of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.
They will get rich and prosper and will always be remembered for their fairness.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red,.... This was a covering that was put over the curtains of goats' skin; but whether it went all over them, or only upon the roof of the tabernacle they covered, to keep out the rains from soaking through, is not certain, nor very evident; Jarchi thinks the roof was only covered with this covering of rams' skins; but others think it more reasonable that the whole was covered with them to preserve from dust and rain:
and a covering above of badgers' skins; of these skins
:-, this was a fourth covering of the tabernacle; the first was of linen curtains, the second of goats' hair, the third of rams' skins, and the fourth of badgers' skins, which seems to have been thicker and courser, since shoes were made of them, Ezekiel 16:10, R. Judah, as quoted by Jarchi, thinks the two last were but one covering, half of it consisting of rams' skins and half of it of badgers' skins; but the text is express that the latter was a covering above and over the former: these several coverings of the tabernacle show the care that God takes of his church and people, and how sufficiently they are provided for, that they may be in safety from all their enemies, being clothed with Christ's righteousness, and under the purple covering of his blood, and surrounded by his almighty power, see Isaiah 4:5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
(Compare Exodus 36:8-33.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exodus 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exodus 26:7-13, and its covering Exodus 26:14 (Compare Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33-34; Exodus 40:19, Exodus 40:34; Numbers 3:25, etc.). These parts are very clearly distinguished in the Hebrew, but they are confounded in many places of the English Version (see Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:9, etc.). The tabernacle itself was to consist of curtains of fine linen woven with colored figures of cherubim, and a structure of boards which was to contain the holy place and the most holy place; the tent was to be a true tent of goatsâ hair cloth to contain and shelter the tabernacle: the covering was to be of red ramsâ skins and âtachashâ skins Exodus 25:5, and was spread over the goatsâ hair tent as an additional protection against the weather. On the external form of the tabernacle and the arrangement of its parts, see cuts at the end of the chapter.
Exodus 26:1
The tabernacle - The ×ש××× mıÌshkaÌn, i. e. the dwelling-place; the definite article regularly accompanies the Hebrew word when the dwelling-place of Yahweh is denoted. But in this place the word is not used in its full sense as denoting the dwelling-place of Yahweh: it denotes only the tabernacle-cloth Exodus 26:6. The word is, in fact, employed with three distinct ranges of meaning,
(1) in its strict sense, comprising the cloth of the tabernacle with its woodwork (Exodus 25:9; Exodus 26:30; Exodus 36:13; Exodus 40:18, etc.);
(2) in a narrower sense, for the tabernacle-cloth only (Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:6; Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33-34, etc.);
(3) in a wider sense, for the tabernacle with its tent and covering (Exodus 27:19; Exodus 35:18, etc.).
With ten curtains - Rather, of ten breadths. Five of these breadths were united so as to form what, in common usage, we should call a large curtain Exodus 26:3. The two curtains thus formed were coupled together by the loops and taches to make the entire tabernacle-cloth Exodus 26:6.
Of cunning work - More properly, of the work of the skilled weaver. The colored figures of cherubim (see Exodus 25:4, Exodus 25:18) were to be worked in the loom, as in the manufacture of tapestry and carpets (see Exodus 26:36 note). On the different kinds of workmen employed on the textile fabrics, see Exodus 35:35.
Exodus 26:3
Each curtain formed of five breadths (see Exodus 26:1), was 42 feet in length and 30 feet in breadth, taking the cubit at 18 inches.
Exodus 26:4
The meaning appears to be, âAnd thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one breadth (which is) on the side (of the one curtain) at the coupling; and the same shalt thou do in the edge of the outside breadth of the other (curtain) at the coupling.â The âcouplingâ is the uniting together of the two curtains: (âselvedgeâ is the translation of a word signifying extremity or end).
Exodus 26:5
The words âin the edge,â etc. mean, âon the edge of the breadth that is at the coupling in the second (curtain).â
Exodus 26:6
Taches of gold - Each âtache,â or clasp, was to unite two opposite loops.
Couple the curtains - i. e. couple the two outside breadths mentioned in Exodus 26:4.
Exodus 26:7
A covering upon the tabernacle - A tent over the tabernacle. The Hebrew word here used, is the regular one for a tent of skins or cloth of any sort.
Exodus 26:9
tabernacle - tent, not tabernacle. The passage might be rendered, âthou shalt equally divide the sixth breadth at the front of the tent.â In this way, half a breadth would overhang at the front and half at the back.
Exodus 26:10
Or: âAnd thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the outside breadth of the one (curtain) at the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the outside breadth of the other (curtain) at the coupling.â
Exodus 26:11
In the tent, clasps of bronze were used to unite the loops of the two curtains; in the tabernacle, clasps of gold, compare Exodus 26:6, Exodus 26:37.
Couple the tent together - Not âcovering,â as in the margin. By âthe tentâ is here meant the tent-cloth alone.
Exodus 26:13
The measure of the entire tabernacle-cloth was about 60 ft. by 42; that of the tent-cloth was about 67 ft. by 45. When the latter was placed over the former, it spread beyond it at the back and front about 3 ft. (the âhalf-curtain,â Exodus 26:9, Exodus 26:12) and at the sides 18 inches.
Exodus 26:16
The board would therefore be about 15 ft. long, and 27 in. broad.
Exodus 26:18
The entire length of the structure was about 45 ft. in the clear, and its width about 15 ft.
The south side southward - Or, the south side on the right. As the entrance of the tabernacle was at its east end, the south side, to a person entering it, would be on the left hand: but we learn from Josephus that it was usual, in speaking of the temple, to identify the south with the right hand and the north with the left hand, the entrance being regarded as the face of the structure and the west end as its back.
Exodus 26:19
Sockets - More literally, bases, or foundations. Each base weighed a talent, that is, about 94 lbs. (see Exodus 38:27), and must have been a massive block. The bases formed a continuous foundation for the walls of boards, presenting a succession of sockets or mortices (each base having a single socket), into which the tenons were to fit. They served not only for ornament but also for the protection of the lower ends of the boards from the decay which would have resulted from contact with the ground.
Exodus 26:22
The sides of the tabernacle westward - Rather, the back of the tabernacle toward the west. See Exodus 26:18.
Exodus 26:23
In the two sides - Rather, at the back.
Exodus 26:24
The corner boards appear to have been of such width, and so placed, as to add 18 in. to the width of the structure, making up with the six boards of full width Exodus 26:22 about 15 ft. in the clear (see Exodus 26:18). The âringâ was so formed as to receive two bars meeting âbeneathâ and âaboveâ at a right angle.
Exodus 26:27
For the two sides westward - For the back toward the west. Compare Exodus 26:22,
Exodus 26:28
In the midst of the boards - If we suppose the boards to have been of ordinary thickness Exodus 26:16, the bar was visible and passed through an entire row of rings. In any case, it served to hold the whole wall together.
Exodus 26:31
Vail - Literally, separation (see Exodus 35:12 note).
Exodus 26:33
Taches - Not the same as the hooks of the preceding verse, but the clasps of the tabernacle-cloth (see Exodus 26:6).
Exodus 26:34-35
See Exodus 25:10-16, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 25:31.
Exodus 26:36
The door of the tent - The entrance to the tent, closed by the âhangingâ or curtain Exodus 27:16.
Wrought with needlework. - The work of the embroiderer. The entrance curtain of the tent and that of the court Exodus 27:16 were to be of the same materials, but embroidered with the needle, not made in figures in the loom (see Exodus 26:1; Exodus 35:35).
Exodus 26:37
Rice pillars - These, it should be observed, belonged to the entrance of the tent, not, in their architectural relation, to the entrance of the tabernacle.
Sockets of brass - Their bases (see Exodus 26:19) were of bronze (like the taches of the tentcloth, Exodus 26:11), not of silver, to mark the inferiority of the tent to the tabernacle.
We are indebted to Mr. Fergusson for what may be regarded as a satisfactory reconstruction of the sanctuary in all its main particulars. He holds that what sheltered the Mishkan was actually a tent of ordinary form, such as common sense and practical experience would suggest as best suited for the purpose.
According to this view the five pillars at the entrance of the tent Exodus 26:37 were graduated as they would naturally be at the entrance of any large tent of the best form, the tallest one being in the middle to support one end of a ridge-pole.
Such a ridge-pole, which must have been sixty feet in length, would have required support, and this might have been afforded by a plain pole in the middle of the structure. Over this framing of wood-work the tent-cloth of goatsâ hair was strained with its cords and tent-pins in the usual way. (See cut.)
Above the tent-cloth of goatsâ hair was spread the covering of red ramsâ skins.
The five pillars, to reach across the front of the tent, must have stood five cubits (about 7 1/2 ft.) apart. Their heads were united by connecting rods (âfilletsâ Exodus 27:10) overlaid with gold Exodus 36:38. The spaces at the sides and back may have been wholly or in part covered in for the use of the officiating priests, like the small apartments which in after times skirted three sides of the temple. It was probably here that those portions of the sacrifices were eaten which were not to be carried out of the sacred precincts Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:26. We may also infer that priests lodged in them. Compare 1 Samuel 3:2-3.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 26:14. Rams' skins dyed red — Exodus 25:5; Exodus 25:5. This was the third covering; and what is called the badgers' skins was the fourth. Exodus 25:5; Exodus 25:5. Why there should have been four coverings does not appear. They might have been designed partly for respect; and partly to keep off dust and dirt, and the extremely fine sand which in that desert rises as it were on every breeze; and partly to keep off the intense heat of the sun, which would otherwise have destroyed the poles, bars, boards, and the whole of the wood work. As to the conjecture of some that "the four coverings were intended the better to keep off the rain," it must appear unfounded to those who know that in that desert rain was rarely ever seen.
