Exodus 26:13

13 The half yard^[a] on one side and the half yard^[b] on the other of what is left over along the length of the tent curtains should be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it.

Exodus 26:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:13

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side o
that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent
The curtains of the tent, or the goat hair curtains, were two cubits longer than the other, and these are the two cubits, one on one side and the other on the other, which remained, and by which they were longer than the linen curtains:

it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle;
the north and south sides: on this side,

and on that side, to cover it;
and as the above learned doctor observes ^F15, their length of fifteen yards reached half a yard lower on either side than the other curtains did, and yet they came not to the ground by a quarter of a yard; so that the silver foundations (of which afterwards) were always plain to be seen everywhere but at the west end.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Works, vol. 1. p. 719.

Exodus 26:13 In-Context

11 Make 50 bronze clasps; put the clasps through the loops and join the tent together so that it is a single unit.

12 As for the flap that is left over from the tent curtains, the leftover half curtain is to hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

13 The half yard on one side and the half yard on the other of what is left over along the length of the tent curtains should be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it.

14 Make a covering for the tent from ram skins dyed red, and a covering of manatee skins on top of that.

15 "You are to make upright planks of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit The cubit
• [b]. Lit the cubit