Exodus 26:1-14

The Tabernacle

1 "Moreover, ¹you shall make the ²tabernacle with ten curtains of ³fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim ⁴skillfully worked into them.

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

3 Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

4 And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

5 Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another.

6 And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.

7 "You shall also make ⁵curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make.

8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size.

9 You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and the sixth curtain you shall double over at the front of the tent.

10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.

11 "You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole.

12 And the part that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.

13 And the extra that remains in the length of the curtains, the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it.

14 ⁶And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned ⁷rams' skins and a covering of goatskins on top.

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Exodus 26:1-14 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. For ver. 1-37, see Exodus 36:8-38
2. Exodus 25:9
3. ver. 31, 36; Exodus 28:6, 15; Exodus 36:8, 35; Exodus 39:3, 8
4. ver. 31, 36; Exodus 28:6, 15; Exodus 36:8, 35; Exodus 39:3, 8
5. Exodus 36:14
6. Exodus 36:19
7. Exodus 25:5

Footnotes 1

[a]. A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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