Exodus 36:7-17

7 because what they had was already more than enough to do all the work.

8 Then the skilled workers made the Holy Tent. They made the ten curtains of blue, purple, and red cloth, and they sewed designs of creatures with wings on the curtains.

9 Each curtain was the same size -- forty-two feet long and six feet wide.

10 Five of the curtains were fastened together to make one set, and the other five were fastened together to make another set.

11 Then they made loops of blue cloth along the edge of the end curtain on the first set of five, and they did the same thing with the other set of five.

12 There were fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the other curtain, with the loops opposite each other.

13 They made fifty gold hooks to join the two curtains together so that the Holy Tent was joined together as one piece.

14 Then the workers made another tent of eleven curtains made of goat hair, to put over the Holy Tent.

15 All eleven curtains were the same size -- forty-five feet long and six feet wide.

16 The workers sewed five curtains together into one set and six together into another set.

17 They made fifty loops along the edge of the outside curtain of one set and fifty loops along the edge of the outside curtain of the other set.

Exodus 36:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36

Bezaleel and Aholiab, with the artificers under them, having a call as well as qualifications for the service of the sanctuary, and having received from Moses the materials for it, set about it, Ex 36:1-3 but the people bringing more than was necessary, they acquaint Moses with it, who by a proclamation restrained from it, Ex 36:4-7 and next an account is given of the several things that were wrought by them, as first the curtains for the tabernacle, both of linen and goats' hair, and the coverings of them, Ex 36:8-19 next the boards for the tabernacle, and the sockets they were set in, and the bars for the boards, Ex 36:20-34 and then the vail which parted the most holy place from the holy place, and the hanging which divided between the holy place and the court, Ex 36:35-38.