Exodus 26:9-19

9 Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Then sew the other six curtains together into the second set. Fold the sixth curtain double over the front of the Tent.

10 Make fifty loops down the edge of the end curtain of one set, and do the same for the end curtain of the other set.

11 Then make fifty bronze hooks and put them in the loops to join the tent together so that the covering is one piece.

12 Let the extra half piece of cloth hang over the back of the Holy Tent.

13 There will be eighteen inches hanging over the sides of the Holy Tent, to protect it.

14 Make a covering for the Holy Tent from sheepskins colored red, and over that make a covering from fine leather.

15 "Use acacia wood to make upright frames for the Holy Tent.

16 Each frame must be fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide,

17 with two pegs side by side. Every frame must be made the same way.

18 Make twenty frames for the south side of the Holy Tent.

19 Each frame must have two silver bases to go under it, a peg fitting into each base. You must make forty silver bases for the frames.

Exodus 26:9-19 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.