Exodus 26:13

13 The extra half yard on each side of the length is to hang over the sides of the Tent to cover it.

Exodus 26:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:13

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side o
that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent
The curtains of the tent, or the goat hair curtains, were two cubits longer than the other, and these are the two cubits, one on one side and the other on the other, which remained, and by which they were longer than the linen curtains:

it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle;
the north and south sides: on this side,

and on that side, to cover it;
and as the above learned doctor observes F15, their length of fifteen yards reached half a yard lower on either side than the other curtains did, and yet they came not to the ground by a quarter of a yard; so that the silver foundations (of which afterwards) were always plain to be seen everywhere but at the west end.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Works, vol. 1. p. 719.

Exodus 26:13 In-Context

11 Make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the two sets so as to form one cover.
12 Hang the extra half piece over the back of the Tent.
13 The extra half yard on each side of the length is to hang over the sides of the Tent to cover it.
14 "Make two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as the outer cover.
15 "Make upright frames for the Tent out of acacia wood.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.