Exodus 26:6

6 Then make fifty gold clasps. Join the curtains to each other with the clasps so that the dwelling becomes one whole structure.

Exodus 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:6

And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold
Which some render "buttons" ^F9, others "hooks" ^F11 they seem to be "clasps"; the use of them follows: and couple the curtains together with the taches;
the two great curtains were made out of the ten, which had in them fifty

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (yorq) "fibulas", Tigurine version, Vatablus
F11 "Uncinos", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan.

Exodus 26:6 In-Context

4 Make loops of blue thread on the edge of the outer curtain in the first set. Do the same on the edge of the outer curtain in the second set.

5 Make fifty loops on the one curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set. The loops should be opposite each other.

6 Then make fifty gold clasps. Join the curtains to each other with the clasps so that the dwelling becomes one whole structure.

7 You should also make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the dwelling. Make eleven curtains.

8 Each curtain should be forty-five feet long and each curtain six feet wide. The eleven curtains should all be the same size.