Exodus 26:3

3 Sew five of them together in one set, and do the same with the other five.

Exodus 26:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:3

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another,
&c.] Five of the ten curtains were to be sewed together, and make as it were one curtain:

and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another:
the other five were to be joined together in like manner, and so made two large pieces of tapestry of fourteen yards long and ten broad, according to the common account of a cubit, but were much longer and broader.

Exodus 26:3 In-Context

1 "Make the interior of the sacred Tent, the Tent of my presence, out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider them with figures of winged creatures.

2 Make each piece the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.

3 Sew five of them together in one set, and do the same with the other five.

4 Make loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.

5 Put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set.