Exodus 26:6

6 Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.

Exodus 26:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
English Standard Version (ESV)
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.
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 Then make fifty gold clasps and join the tapestries together so that The Dwelling is one whole.
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one [whole].
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 Make 50 gold fasteners. Use them to link the [two sets of] sheets together so that the tent is a single unit.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 Make 50 gold hooks. Use them to join the curtains together so that the holy tent is all one piece.

Exodus 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:6

And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold
Which some render "buttons" F9, others "hooks" F11 they seem to be "clasps"; the use of them follows: and couple the curtains together with the taches;
the two great curtains were made out of the ten, which had in them fifty


FOOTNOTES:

F9 (yorq) "fibulas", Tigurine version, Vatablus
F11 "Uncinos", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan.

Exodus 26:6 In-Context

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.
6 Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
7 “Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
8 All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

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