The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent—the half curtain that remains—shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
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The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent—the half curtain that remains—shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
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And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
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And as for the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth over shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For these curtains were two cubits longer than the…
For these curtains were two cubits longer than the curtains of the Tabernacle so that they were wider by a cubit on both sides.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And a cubit on the one side, and a…
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side o that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent,.... The curtains of the tent, or the goat hair curtains, were two cubits longer than the other, and these are the two cubits, one on one side and the other on the other, which remained, and by which they were longer than the linen curtains:
it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle; the north and south sides: on this side:
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and on that side, to cover it; and as the above learned doctor observes (o), their length of fifteen yards reached half a yard lower on either side than the other curtains did, and yet they came not to the ground by a quarter of a yard; so that the silver foundations (of which afterwards) were always plain to be seen everywhere but at the west end.
(o) Works, vol. 1. p. 719.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. The half curtain that remaineth — One half…
12. The half curtain that remaineth — One half of the sixth curtain was to be doubled or folded in the front, and this would allow another half curtain to hang over the back side of the tabernacle (mishcan) but the exact manner of its adjustment is not described.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. overhanging] The Heb. means loose or free, not…
12. overhanging] The Heb. means loose or free, not necessarily ‘overhanging.’
the half curtain that remaineth] The breadth in front is laid double (v. 9): it is consequently halved in width; and the entire length of the curtain is thus 42 cubits. As the Dwelling Isaiah 30 cubits long and 10 cubits high, it follows that, according to the usual view of v. 9b, 12 cubits will hang down behind, according to Kennedy’s view, 10 cubits will hang down behind. The ‘half-curtain’ (= 2 cubits) overhanging a the back can thus, upon the usual view, be only the 2 cubits in excess of the 10 (so Di.), the whole 12, we may suppose, being stretched out, and pegged to the ground in the manner of a tent: it is not, however, very natural to speak of only the 2 cubits as hanging down loosely behind: we should rather expect the whole 12 to be so spoken of. The difficulty would be removed, if we might suppose the words, ‘the half-curtain that remaineth,’ in v. 12 to be a mistaken gloss, arising out of a hasty reading of v. 9b: if these words are omitted, the length of the part hanging down behind is not specified, and it might, of course, be either the 12 cubits required by the ordinary view of v. 9b, or the 10 cubits required by Kennedy’s view. The latter view does better justice to v. 9b, and also has the advantage of making the goats’ hair curtain hang down symmetrically on the two sides and the back, viz. so a exactly to touch the ground in each case.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) The remnant that remaineth.—Even after the doubling back,…
(12) The remnant that remaineth.—Even after the doubling back, the goats’-hair covering would be half a breadth wider than the linen one. This half-breadth was to be allowed to hang down at the back of the tent.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The remnant which remaineth, etc. Both this and the…
The remnant which remaineth, etc. Both this and the next verse presume a very close connection between the fine linen covering of the mishkan and the goats hair tent-cloth which protected it. "The remnant that remaineth" is the half-breadth by which the tent-cloth would overlap the linen covering at the back of the tent, when at the front half of the eleventh breadth had been turned back upon the other half (see comment on ver. 9). This "remnant" was to be "allowed to hang down over the back part of the tabernacle.
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Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.
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cubit
A cubit is 46 centimeters. (See: Biblical Distance)
dyed red
"colored red"
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ewe
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