Exodus 26:1-8

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.

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.

Exodus 26:1-8 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.