Exodus 26:1-6

The Tabernacle

1 "You are to construct the tabernacle itself with 10 curtains. You must make them of finely spun linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with a design of cherubim worked into them.

2 The length of each curtain should be 42 feet,^[a] and the width of each curtain six feet;^[b] all the curtains are to have the same measurements.

3 Five of the curtains should be joined together, and the [other] five curtains joined together.

4 Make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain^[c] in the [first] set, and do the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

5 Make 50 loops on the one curtain and make 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops line up together.

6 Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.

Exodus 26:1-6 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit 28 cubits
• [b] Lit four cubits
• [c] Lit the one curtain on the end