The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
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The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
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The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
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The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have one measure.
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Passages linked to Exodus 26:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 4:25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the covering of sealskin that is on it, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- 2 Samuel 7:2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 When David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of Yahweh’s covenant is in a tent.”
- Exodus 26:7-8 “You shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains. The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 26:2 The length of one curtain [shall be]…
Exo 26:2 The length of one curtain [shall be] eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
Ver. 2. Of the curtains.] Not, Of the tabernacles, as the vulgar interpreter hath it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight…
The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight cubits,.... Or fourteen yards:
and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; or two yards; according to the common notion of a cubit being half a yard; but if, as Dr. Cumberland says, the Jewish and Egyptian cubit was three inches longer, this will make a considerable difference in the length and breadth of those curtains, especially in the former:
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and everyone of the curtains shall have one measure; be of equal length and breadth.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain length--Each curtain was to be fifteen yards in length…
length--Each curtain was to be fifteen yards in length and a little exceeding two in breadth.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2, 3. Length… eight and twenty cubits… breadth… four…
2, 3. Length… eight and twenty cubits… breadth… four cubits — Hence, when coupled together in two great pieces of five curtains each, they would form a great tent cloth twenty-eight by forty cubits (about 42 x 60 feet) in dimensions. This would be ample for covering the mishcan of boards, described below. Exo_26:15-30.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) The length . . . eight and twenty…
(2) The length . . . eight and twenty cubits.—Mr. Fergusson has shown that to cover over a space twenty cubits wide with a roof, the two sides of which should meet at a right angle, a tent-cloth almost exactly twenty-eight cubits long would be required.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Eight and twenty cubits. This is the exact length…
Eight and twenty cubits. This is the exact length required for a rectangular tented roof over such a space, which should descend (as tent roofs usually do) within about seven feet of the ground. The comparison made in vers. 12, 13, between the fine linen covering of the mishkan and the goats" hair covering of the "tent," implies that the one was directly under the other, and that both were arranged in the same way. The breadth of four cubits. This gives for the entire length of the curtain (4 by 10), 40 cubits, or ten cubits more than the length of the boarded space. The roof must thus have been advanced some distance in front of the tabernacle proper, or rectangular boarded space. Every one of the curtains shall have one measure. They shall all, i.e. , have the same measure.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 26:2-6 42 feet long and 6 feet wide: A…
26:2-6 42 feet long and 6 feet wide: A width of 6 feet may have been dictated by the size of the largest loom available. Five of the six-foot strips were joined, probably by being sewn together, making one continuous piece of cloth 42 feet long and 30 feet wide. When joined to each other with the loops and clasps (26:5-6), the two cloths formed a single unit 42 feet by 60 feet.
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