Exodus 26:2

2 All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.^[a]

Exodus 26:2 in Other Translations

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.

2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size.

2 These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.

2 The panels of tapestry are each to be forty-six feet long and six feet wide.

2 The length of each curtain should be 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains are to have the same measurements.

Exodus 26:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:2

The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight cubits
Or fourteen yards:

and the breadth of one curtain four cubits;
or two yards; according to the common notion of a cubit being half a yard; but if, as Dr. Cumberland says, the Jewish and Egyptian cubit was three inches longer, this will make a considerable difference in the length and breadth of those curtains, especially in the former:

and everyone of the curtains shall have one measure;
be of equal length and breadth.

Exodus 26:2 In-Context

1 “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.

2 All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.

3 Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.

4 Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.

5 Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.

Cross References

• 1. ver 8

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide