Exodus 36:9-19

9 Each piece was the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide.

10 They sewed five of them together in one set and did the same with the other five.

11 They made loops of blue cloth on the edge of the outside piece in each set.

12 They put fifty loops on the first piece of the first set and fifty loops matching them on the last piece of the second set.

13 They made fifty gold hooks, with which to join the two sets into one piece.

14 Then they made a cover for the Tent out of eleven pieces of cloth made of goats' hair.

15 They made them all the same size, 15 yards long and 2 yards wide.

16 They sewed five of them together in one set and the other six in another set.

17 They put fifty loops on the edge of the last piece of one set and fifty loops on the edge of the other set.

18 They made fifty bronze hooks to join the two sets, so as to form one cover.

19 They made two more coverings, one of rams' skin dyed red and the other of fine leather, to serve as an outer cover.

Exodus 36:9-19 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.