Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Exodus 36:8 - 36:19

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Exodus 36:8 - 36:19


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The Curtains of the Tabernacle

v. 8. And every wise-hearted man among them,
all the artists appointed to the work, that wrought the work of the Tabernacle, made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; with cherubim of cunning work made he them, the figures of the cherubim were skillfully woven into the cloth, as it was made on the loom with the four kinds of yarn, or thread, mentioned throughout the narrative.

v. 9. The length of one curtain
of the inner wall of the tent was twenty and eight cubits and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of one size.

v. 10. And he coupled the five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another,
the inner tent thus consisting of two large pieces, each twenty by twenty-eight cubits in size.

v. 11. And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvage in the coupling; likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Cf Exodus 26.

v. 12. Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second; the loops held one curtain to another.

v. 13. And he made fifty taches of gold,
froglike clasps, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches; so it became one tabernacle, a single tent curtain for the inside covering.

v. 14. And he made curtains of goats' hair,
evidently woven from the hair as it was spun into threads, for the tent over the Tabernacle; eleven curtains he made them.

v. 15. The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain. The eleven curtains were of one size.

v. 16. And he coupled five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves.
The five and six strips, respectively, as sewed together, formed two pieces of unequal size, which formed the tent proper.

v. 17. And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

v. 18. And he made fifty taches of brass,
clasps of copper or bronze, to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

v. 19. And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
Cf Exo_26:1-14. The leather coverings were intended to serve for a protection against the weather.