Exodus 26:2 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 26:2

Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.

BSB

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ASV

The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.

KJV

The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The length of one curtain shall be twenty eight cubits,.... Or fourteen yards: and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; or two yards; according to the common notion of a cubit being half a yard; but if, as Dr. Cumberland says, the Jewish and Egyptian cubit was three inches longer, this will make a considerable difference in the length and breadth of those curtains, especially in the former: and everyone of the curtains shall have one measure; be of equal length and breadth.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֹ֣רֶךְ׀	'O.rekh	[the] length of	H753 →
הַיְרִיעָ֣ה	hay.ri.'Ah	the curtain	H3407 →
הָֽאַחַ֗ת	ha.'a.Chat	<the> one	H259 →
שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה	she.mo.Neh	[will be] eight	H8083 →
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙	ve.'es.Rim	and twenty	H6242 →
בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה	ba.'a.Mah	by the cubit	H520 →
וְרֹ֙חַב֙	ve.Ro.chav	and [the] breadth	H7341 →
אַרְבַּ֣ע	'ar.Ba'	[will be] four	H702 →
בָּאַמָּ֔ה	ba.'a.Mah	by the cubit	H520 →
הַיְרִיעָ֖ה	hay.ri.'Ah	the curtain	H3407 →
הָאֶחָ֑ת	ha.'e.Chat	<the> one	H259 →
מִדָּ֥ה	mi.Dah	size	H4060 →
אַחַ֖ת	'a.Chat	one	H259 →
לְכָל־	le.khol	[will belong] to all	H3605 →
הַיְרִיעֹֽת׃	hay.ri.'Ot	the curtains	H3407 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 7:2
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:11
  Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1
  So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
- Haggai 1:4
  “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
Through
Numbers 4:25
They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
leads to
- Numbers 3:25–26
  The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- Exodus 26:14
  Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
Through
1 Chronicles 17:1
After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 6:7–9
  Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1
  David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- 1 Chronicles 17:5
  For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.

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