Exodus 26:6

6 Thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold, wherewith the veils of the curtains are to be joined, that it may be made one tabernacle.

Exodus 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:6

And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold
Which some render "buttons" ^F9, others "hooks" ^F11 they seem to be "clasps"; the use of them follows: and couple the curtains together with the taches;
the two great curtains were made out of the ten, which had in them fifty

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (yorq) "fibulas", Tigurine version, Vatablus
F11 "Uncinos", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan.

Exodus 26:6 In-Context

4 Thou shalt make loops of violet in the sides and tops of the curtains, that they may be joined one to another.

5 Every curtain shall have fifty loops on both sides, so set on, that one loop may be against another loop, and one may be fitted to the other.

6 Thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold, wherewith the veils of the curtains are to be joined, that it may be made one tabernacle.

7 Thou shalt make also eleven curtains of goats’ hair, to cover the top of the tabernacle.

8 The length of one hair-curtain shall be thirty cubits; and the breadth, four: the measure of all the curtains shall be equal.