Exodus 26:12
in Exodus 26As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
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ASV
And the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
KJV
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
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As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains
on Exodus 26:12-14
The extra goat hair hangs down the back and the sides, and two more coverings go over it, “ram skins dyed red” and “fine leather”. A passerby saw only the plainest layer, and the gold and the cherubim were visible only from inside.
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Thus the churches of Christ, though they are many, yet are one, being fitly joined together in holy love and by the unity of the Spirit, so growing into one holy temple in the Lord. This tabernacle was very strait and narrow, but at the preaching of the gospel, the church is bid to enlarge the place of her tent, and to stretch forth her curtains, Isaiah liv, 2.
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent,....
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On the verses either side of this one
The clasps of the curtains which made up the tabernacle. See I.E.’s comment on verse.
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AND THE CUBIT…WHICH REMAINETH OVER. The word ba-odef. That is, odef, for the bet in ba-odef, is a preposition.
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Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְסֶ֙רַח֙ | veserach | and [the] overhanging of | H5629 → | |
| הָעֹדֵ֔ף | haodef | the surplus | H5736 → | 9 times |
| בִּירִיעֹ֖ת | biriot | in [the] curtains of | H3407 → | 54 times |
| הָאֹ֑הֶל | haohel | the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| חֲצִ֤י | chatzi | [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| הַיְרִיעָה֙ | hayriah | the curtain | H3407 → | 54 times |
| הָעֹדֶ֔פֶת | haodefet | which is surplus | H5736 → | 9 times |
| תִּסְרַ֕ח | tisrach | it will overhang | H5628 → | |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲחֹרֵ֥י | ʾachorei | [the] rear of | H268 → | |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃ | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
וְסֶ֙רַח֙and [the] overhanging of
veserachH5629 →
הָעֹדֵ֔ףthe surplus
haodefH5736 →9 times
בִּירִיעֹ֖תin [the] curtains of
biriotH3407 →54 times
הָאֹ֑הֶלthe tent
haohelH168 →345 times
חֲצִ֤י[the] half of
chatziH2677 →125 times
הַיְרִיעָה֙the curtain
hayriahH3407 →54 times
הָעֹדֶ֔פֶתwhich is surplus
haodefetH5736 →9 times
תִּסְרַ֕חit will overhang
tisrachH5628 →
עַ֖לover
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
אֲחֹרֵ֥י[the] rear of
ʾachoreiH268 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃the tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.