Exodus 26:36
in Exodus 26For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
KJV
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA hanging for the door of the tent - This may be called the first veil, as it occupied the door or entrance to the tabernacle; the veil that separated the holy place from the holy of holies is called the second veil, Heb 9:3. These two veils and the inner covering of the tabernacle were all of the same materials, and of the same workmanship. See Exo 27:16.
This site's exposition
an hanging for the door of the tent
on Exodus 26:36-37
The door hanging uses the same four materials as the vail and the inner curtain, and the differences are exact. It is wrought with needlework where those are cunning work, it carries no cherubims, and its five pillars stand in sockets of brass where the vail's four stand in silver. The chapter grades everything by how far in it sits, and it never says why.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent,....
Church-privileges are movable goods, from one place to another; the gospel is not tied to any place; the candlestick is in a tent, and may easily be taken away, Rev. ii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
an hanging for the door of the tent--Curtains of rich and elaborate embroidery, made by the women, are suspended over the doors or entrances of the tents occupied by Eastern chiefs and princes. In a similar style of elegance was the hanging finished which was to cover the door of this tabernacle--the chosen habitation of the God and King of Israel.
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ | veasita | and you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מָסָךְ֙ | masokh | a screen | H4539 → | 25 times |
| לְפֶ֣תַח | lefetach | for [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הָאֹ֔הֶל | haohel | the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| תְּכֵ֧לֶת | tekhelet | violet stuff | H8504 → | 49 times |
| וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן | veargaman | and purple | H713 → | 38 times |
| וְתוֹלַ֥עַת | vetolaat | and scarlet stuff of | H8438 → | 43 times |
| שָׁנִ֖י | shani | scarlet | H8144 → | 42 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣שׁ | veshesh | and fine linen | H8336 → | 41 times |
| מָשְׁזָ֑ר | mashezar | twisted | H7806 → | 21 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| רֹקֵֽם׃ | rokem | a worker in colors | H7551 → | 9 times |
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָand you will make
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
מָסָךְ֙a screen
masokhH4539 →25 times
לְפֶ֣תַחfor [the] entrance of
lefetachH6607 →164 times
הָאֹ֔הֶלthe tent
haohelH168 →345 times
תְּכֵ֧לֶתviolet stuff
tekheletH8504 →49 times
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןand purple
veargamanH713 →38 times
וְתוֹלַ֥עַתand scarlet stuff of
vetolaatH8438 →43 times
שָׁנִ֖יscarlet
shaniH8144 →42 times
וְשֵׁ֣שׁand fine linen
vesheshH8336 →41 times
מָשְׁזָ֑רtwisted
mashezarH7806 →21 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
רֹקֵֽם׃a worker in colors
rokemH7551 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 9:15On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
it leads to
- Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel…
- Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Nehemiah 9:19
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of…
- Exodus 13:21
Through
2 Samuel 7:6For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:16
‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be…
- Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- Exodus 40:18–19
When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- 1 Kings 8:16
Through
Exodus 35:11the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
it leads to
- Exodus 26:1–37
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- Exodus 36:8–34
All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into…
- Exodus 26:1–37
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
