Exodus 26:2

2 Make each curtain the same size -- forty-two feet long and six feet wide.

Exodus 26:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:2

The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight cubits
Or fourteen yards:

and the breadth of one curtain four cubits;
or two yards; according to the common notion of a cubit being half a yard; but if, as Dr. Cumberland says, the Jewish and Egyptian cubit was three inches longer, this will make a considerable difference in the length and breadth of those curtains, especially in the former:

and everyone of the curtains shall have one measure;
be of equal length and breadth.

Exodus 26:2 In-Context

1 "Make for the Holy Tent ten curtains of fine linen and blue, purple, and red thread. Have a skilled craftsman sew designs of creatures with wings on the pieces of cloth.
2 Make each curtain the same size -- forty-two feet long and six feet wide.
3 Sew five curtains together for one set, and sew the other curtains together for the second set.
4 Make loops of blue cloth on the edge of the end curtain of one set, and do the same for the end curtain of the other set.
5 Make fifty loops on the end curtain of the first set and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set. These loops must be opposite each other.
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