Exodus 36:9-19

9 All ten curtains were exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.

10 Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.

11 He made fifty loops of blue yarn and put them along the edge of the last curtain in each set.

12 The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain matched the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.

13 Then he made fifty gold clasps and fastened the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle was made of one continuous piece.

14 He made eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.

15 These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.

16 Bezalel joined five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and the other six were joined to make a second long curtain.

17 He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.

18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.

19 He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.

Exodus 36:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36

Bezaleel and Aholiab, with the artificers under them, having a call as well as qualifications for the service of the sanctuary, and having received from Moses the materials for it, set about it, Ex 36:1-3 but the people bringing more than was necessary, they acquaint Moses with it, who by a proclamation restrained from it, Ex 36:4-7 and next an account is given of the several things that were wrought by them, as first the curtains for the tabernacle, both of linen and goats' hair, and the coverings of them, Ex 36:8-19 next the boards for the tabernacle, and the sockets they were set in, and the bars for the boards, Ex 36:20-34 and then the vail which parted the most holy place from the holy place, and the hanging which divided between the holy place and the court, Ex 36:35-38.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew 28 cubits [12.9 meters] long and 4 cubits [1.8 meters] wide.
• [b]. Hebrew 30 cubits [13.8 meters] long and 4 cubits [1.8 meters] wide.