Exodus 26:5-15

5 placing the loops opposite each other.

6 Make 50 gold fasteners. Use them to link the [two sets of] sheets together so that the tent is a single unit.

7 "Make 11 sheets of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.

8 Each of the 11 sheets will be 45 feet long and 6 feet wide.

9 Sew five of the sheets together into one set and the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth sheet in half [to hang] in front of the tent.

10 Make 50 loops along the edge of the end sheet in each set.

11 Make 50 bronze fasteners, and put them through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit.

12 The remaining half-sheet should hang over the back of the inner tent.

13 There will be 18 inches left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's sheets. That part should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent.

14 Make a cover of rams' skins that have been dyed red for the outer tent. Over that put a cover made of fine leather.

15 "Make a framework out of acacia wood for the inner tent.

Exodus 26:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 26

In this chapter a description is given of the tabernacle itself, and first of its inward curtains, of their number, matter, length, and breadth, and the manner of coupling them together, Ex 26:1-6, and then of the outward curtains of it, their number, matter, length, and breadth, and coupling, and how disposed of, Ex 26:7-13, and next of the two coverings of the tabernacle, of rams' skins and badgers' skins, Ex 22:14, the boards for the tabernacle are also described, with their tenons and sockets, Ex 26:15-25 and the bars and rings for it, by which it was kept firm together, Ex 26:26-30, an account is given of the vail between the holy and the most holy place, Ex 26:31-35, and of the hanging for the door of the tabernacle, Ex 26:36,37.