Exodus 26:6

6 And make fifty gold hooks to join the two sets of curtains so that the Holy Tent is 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

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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 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.

6 And make fifty gold hooks to join the two sets of curtains so that the Holy Tent is one piece.

7 "Then make another tent that will cover the Holy Tent, using eleven curtains made from goat hair.

8 All these curtains must be the same size -- forty-five feet long and six feet wide.