Exodus 26:6

6 And thou shalt make fyftie buttons of golde, and couple the curtaynes together with the buttons: that it maye be an habitacyon.

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 Then shalt thou make louppes of Iacyncte coloure, a longe by the edge of the one curtayne even in the selvege of the couplinge courtayne. And likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the vtmost curtayne that is coupled therwith on the other syde.

5 Fyftie louppes shalt thou make in the one curtayne, ad fiftie in the edge of the other that is couppled therwith on the other syde: so that the louppes be one ouer agenste a nother.

6 And thou shalt make fyftie buttons of golde, and couple the curtaynes together with the buttons: that it maye be an habitacyon.

7 And thou shalt make .xj. curtaynes of gotes heere, to be a tente to couer the habitacyo

8 The lenght of a curtayne shalbe .xxx. cubettes, and the bredth .iiij. ad they shalbe all .xi. of one measure.