Exodus 26:8-18

8 Make them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.

9 Sew five of them together in one set, and the other six in another set. Fold the sixth piece double over the front of the Tent.

10 Put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.

11 Make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the two sets so as to form one cover.

12 Hang the extra half piece over the back of the Tent.

13 The extra half yard on each side of the length is to hang over the sides of the Tent to cover it.

14 "Make two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as the outer cover.

15 "Make upright frames for the Tent out of acacia wood.

16 Each frame is to be 15 feet long and 27 inches wide,

17 with two matching projections, so that the frames can be joined together. All the frames are to have these projections.

18 Make twenty frames for the south side

Exodus 26:8-18 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.