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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  • WEB World English Bible

    The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.

  • KJV King James Version

    The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have one measure.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Exodus 26:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Exodus 26:2 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.
  • Exodus 26:13 The cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

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Explain this verse (5 sources)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits,…

The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits,.... The breadth of them is the same with the linen curtains, but the length of them two cubits more; the reason of which was, that they might hang down lower on either side, and the better preserve them from any injury:

and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure; as to length and breadth.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Thirty cubits… four cubits — There being eleven…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. The dimensions of the ‘curtains,’ or, as we…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Thirty cubits.—The additional cubit on either side (comp.…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The length shall be thirty cubits. A tent with…

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