Exodus 26:3

3 Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.

Exodus 26:3 in Other Translations

3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

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

3 Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain.

3 Join five of the panels together, and then the other five together.

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

Exodus 26:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:3

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another,
&c.] Five of the ten curtains were to be sewed together, and make as it were one curtain:

and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another:
the other five were to be joined together in like manner, and so made two large pieces of tapestry of fourteen yards long and ten broad, according to the common account of a cubit, but were much longer and broader.

Exodus 26:3 In-Context

1 “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker.

2 All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.

3 Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.

4 Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.

5 Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.