Éxodo 26:14

14 Harás también para la tienda una cubierta de pieles de carnero teñidas de rojo, y otra cubierta de pieles de marsopa por encima.

Éxodo 26:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:14

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins
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This was a covering that was put over the curtains of goats' skin; but whether it went all over them, or only upon the roof of the tabernacle they covered, to keep out the rains from soaking through, is not certain, nor very evident; Jarchi thinks the roof was only covered with this covering of rams' skins; but others think it more reasonable that the whole was covered with them to preserve from dust and rain:

and a covering above of badgers' skins;
of these skins (See Gill on Exodus 25:5), this was a fourth covering of the tabernacle; the first was of linen curtains, the second of goats' hair, the third of rams' skins, and the fourth of badgers' skins, which seems to have been thicker and courser, since shoes were made of them, ( Ezekiel 16:10 ) , R. Judah, as quoted by Jarchi, thinks the two last were but one covering, half of it consisting of rams' skins and half of it of badgers' skins; but the text is express that the latter was a covering above and over the former: these several coverings of the tabernacle show the care that God takes of his church and people, and how sufficiently they are provided for, that they may be in safety from all their enemies, being clothed with Christ's righteousness, and under the purple covering of his blood, and surrounded by his almighty power, see ( Isaiah 4:5 Isaiah 4:6 ) .

Éxodo 26:14 In-Context

12 Y el exceso que sobra de las cortinas de la tienda, la media cortina que queda, caerá sobre la parte posterior del tabernáculo.

13 Y un codo en un lado y un codo en el otro lado de lo que sobra de la longitud de las cortinas de la tienda, caerá en los costados del tabernáculo, a un lado y a otro, para cubrirlo.

14 Harás también para la tienda una cubierta de pieles de carnero teñidas de rojo, y otra cubierta de pieles de marsopa por encima.

15 Harás luego para el tabernáculo tablas de madera de acacia, colocándolas verticalmente.

16 La longitud de cada tabla será de diez codos, y de un codo y medio la anchura de cada tabla.