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Exodus 26:7
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"You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
"And you will make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you will make them eleven curtains.
"Then make another tent that will cover the Holy Tent, using eleven curtains made from goat hair.
"You are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you are to make eleven curtains.
"Then you shall make [exterior] curtains of goats' hair as a tent over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains in all.
"Then you shall make curtains of goats' hair as a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.
Also thou shalt make curtaines of goates heare, to be a couering vpon the Tabernacle: thou shalt make them to the number of eleuen curtaines.
"Then you shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.
"You are to make sheets of goat's hair to be used as a tent covering the tabernacle; make eleven sheets.
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
"Make another tent that will cover the Holy Tent. Use eleven curtains to make this tent. Make these curtains from goat hair.
"You shall also make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.
And you shall make curtains of goats hair for a covering of the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.
"Make a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.
“You are to make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; make eleven of these curtains.
And you shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains.
Thou shalt make a coueringe also of goates heyer for a tente ouer the habitacion, of eleuen curteynes.
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
And you are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the House, eleven curtains.
And thou shalt make curtaynes of goates heere, to be a coueryng vpon the tabernacle, a leuen curtaines shalt thou make.
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
And thou shalt make curtaines of goats haire, to be a couering vpon the tabernacle: eleuen curtaines shalt thou make.
And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle skins with the hair on, thou shalt make them eleven skins.
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle-eleven curtains altogether.
Also thou schalt make enleuene saies to kyuere the hilyng of the tabernacle;
`And thou hast made curtains of goats' [hair], for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains:
And you shall make curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains you shall make them.
And thou shalt make curtains [of] goats' [hair] to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
"You shall make curtains of goats' hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
"You shall also make curtains of goats' hair, to be a tent over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.
"Make eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.
"Make curtains of goat hair for a covering over the meeting tent. Make eleven curtains in all.
You shall also make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains.
And thou shalt make curtains of goat's hair, for a tent, over the habitation - eleven curtains, shalt thou make them.
Thou shalt make also eleven curtains of goats’ hair, to cover the top of the tabernacle.
"You shall also make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.
"Next make tapestries of goat hair for a tent that will cover The Dwelling. Make eleven panels of these tapestries. The length of each panel will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Join five of the panels together, and then the other six. Fold the sixth panel double at the front of the tent. Now make fifty loops along the edge of the end panel and fifty loops along the edge of the joining panel. Make fifty clasps of bronze and connect the clasps with the loops, bringing the tent together.
"Then you shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
curtains: Exodus 35:26, Exodus 36:14-18, Numbers 4:25, Psalms 45:13, 1 Peter 3:4, 1 Peter 5:5
goats' hair: Izzim, goats, but used here elliptically for goats' hair. In different parts of Asia Minor, Syria, Cilicia, and Phrygia, the goats have long, fine, and beautiful hair; in some cases, almost as fine as silk, which is shorn at proper times, and manufactured into garments. Exodus 25:4, Exodus 35:6, Exodus 35:23, Numbers 31:20
a: Exodus 26:14, Isaiah 4:5
eleven: Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:9, Exodus 26:12
Reciprocal: Exodus 26:2 - curtain Exodus 35:12 - the veil Exodus 40:2 - tabernacle
Cross-References
Please save my life by saying that you are my sister."
he told everyone that his wife Sarah was his sister. So King Abimelech of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Isaac planted grain and had a good harvest that same year. The Lord blessed him,
and Isaac was so successful that he became very rich.
Don't fall into the trap of being a coward— trust the Lord , and you will be safe.
Don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but they cannot harm your soul. Instead, you should fear God who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell.
A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
And stop lying to each other. You have given up your old way of life with its habits.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair,.... Jarchi calls it the flower or down of goats, the softer and finer part of their hair, which was spun by women, as appears from Exodus 35:26, and was made up into a stuff somewhat like our camelot; these curtains were coarser than the former, and were made to be put over them, to preserve them from the weather, as it follows:
to be a covering upon the tabernacle: which, by the curtains of linen coupled together, became one tabernacle, as in the preceding verse: and these curtains were to be a tent or covering over them: they were somewhat like, being made of the same matter, with the coverings with which the ancient Arabs covered their tents, which were made of goats' hair, as were the tents of Kedar alluded to in Song of Solomon 1:5, these curtains of goats' hair denote the outward appearance of Christ in human nature, who, attended with all human infirmities, excepting sin, was in the form of a servant, in great meanness and poverty, covered with reproach, and had in the greatest contempt, and especially at the time of his sufferings and death; though all rich and glorious within, full of grace, and of all the blessings of grace, of righteousness and life, of light, joy, peace, and comfort for his people; and may also denote the mean appearance of the church and people of God outwardly; being, generally speaking, a poor and an afflicted people, subject to the scorn, reproach, and persecutions of men, but all glorious within, enriched with the grace of God and righteousness of Christ; and so, in one respect, like these curtains of goats' hair, and, in another respect, like the curtains of fine linen:
eleven curtains shalt thou make; one more than the other; the reason of which was, that there might be one at the entrance of the tabernacle, there being no linen curtain there, see Exodus 26:9.
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 26:7. Curtains of goats' hair] Stuff made of goats' hair. Exodus 25:4. This was the second covering.
