Exodus 26:6
in Exodus 26Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one whole.
KJV
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd thou shalt make fifty taches of gold,.... Which some render "buttons" (i), others "hooks" (k) they seem to be "clasps"; the use of them follows: and couple the curtains together with the taches; the two great curtains were made out of the ten, which had in them fifty(i) קרסי "fibulas", Tigurine version, Vatablus (k) "Uncinos", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan.
This site's exposition
Five of the curtains are to be joined together
on Exodus 26:3-6
Fifty loops and fifty gold clasps join the two sets of five, and the sentence ends on the result, that it shall be one tabernacle. The word one carries the paragraph and returns at verse 11 for the outer tent. Ten separate pieces of cloth count as a single covering.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thus the churches of Christ and the saints, though they are many, are yet one, being fitly joined together in holy love, and by the unity of the Spirit, so growing into one holy temple in the Lord, Eph. ii. This tabernacle was very strait and narrow; but, at the preaching of the gospel, the church is bidden to enlarge the place of her tent, and to stretch forth her curtains, Isa. liv.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ | veasita | and you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים | chamishim | fifty | H2572 → | 163 times |
| קַרְסֵ֣י | karsei | hooks of | H7165 → | 10 times |
| זָהָ֑ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְחִבַּרְתָּ֨ | vechibarta | and you will join | H2266 → | 29 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיְרִיעֹ֜ת | hayriot | the curtains | H3407 → | 54 times |
| אִשָּׁ֤ה | ʾishah | each | H802 → | 781 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֲחֹתָהּ֙ | ʾachotah | sister its | H269 → | 114 times |
| בַּקְּרָסִ֔ים | bakerasim | with the hooks | H7165 → | 10 times |
| וְהָיָ֥ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| אֶחָֽד׃ פ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
וְעָשִׂ֕יתָand you will make
veasitaH6213 →2628 times
חֲמִשִּׁ֖יםfifty
chamishimH2572 →163 times
קַרְסֵ֣יhooks of
karseiH7165 →10 times
זָהָ֑בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וְחִבַּרְתָּ֨and you will join
vechibartaH2266 →29 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיְרִיעֹ֜תthe curtains
hayriotH3407 →54 times
אִשָּׁ֤הeach
ʾishahH802 →781 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֲחֹתָהּ֙sister its
ʾachotahH269 →114 times
בַּקְּרָסִ֔יםwith the hooks
bakerasimH7165 →10 times
וְהָיָ֥הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןthe tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
אֶחָֽד׃ פone
ʾechadH259 →971 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
Ephesians 4:16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
it leads to
- Colossians 2:19
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
- John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
- Colossians 2:2
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
- Ephesians 4:12
to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
- 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
- Colossians 2:19
Through
Exodus 26:33And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…
- Exodus 40:21
Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Hebrews 9:2–3
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
- Leviticus 16:2
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.