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Exodus 26:8

Exodus 26:8
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 26:1-37

(Compare Exo. 36:8-33.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exo 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exo 26:7-13, and its covering Exo 26:14 (Compare Exo 35:11; Exo…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 26:7-14

Moses is here ordered to make a double covering for the tabernacle, that it might not rain in, and that the beauty of those fine curtains might not be damaged. 1. There was to be a covering of hair…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The dimensions of the -curtains," or, as we should here say, -breadths." On the lateHeb. for -eleven," see LOT.156 n.

9a. The curtains, or -breadths," are to be coupled together, so as to form two…

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