Exodus 26:9
in Exodus 26Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
KJV
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
curtains of goats' hair
on Exodus 26:7-11
The second covering is goats' hair, eleven curtains against the ten below, and it is called a tent while the linen beneath it is called the tabernacle. Its taches are brass where the inner ones are gold, which is the first of the graded distinctions in this chapter, since the further out a thing sits the plainer its metal. The same insistence on unity closes the paragraph, that it may be one.
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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 thou shall couple five curtains by themselves,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The number of loops on the curtains of the tent. That is, the curtains made of goats’ hair.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחִבַּרְתָּ֞ | vechibarta | and you will join | H2266 → | 29 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֲמֵ֤שׁ | chamesh | five of | H2568 → | 343 times |
| הַיְרִיעֹת֙ | hayriot | the curtains | H3407 → | 54 times |
| לְבָ֔ד | levad | <to> alone | H905 → | 200 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | six of | H8337 → | 216 times |
| הַיְרִיעֹ֖ת | hayriot | the curtains | H3407 → | 54 times |
| לְבָ֑ד | levad | <to> alone | H905 → | 200 times |
| וְכָפַלְתָּ֙ | vekhafalta | and you will fold double | H3717 → | 5 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיְרִיעָ֣ה | hayriah | the curtain | H3407 → | 54 times |
| הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔ית | hashishit | <the> sixth | H8345 → | 28 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מ֖וּל | mul | [the] front of | H4136 → | 36 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָאֹֽהֶל׃ | haohel | the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
וְחִבַּרְתָּ֞and you will join
vechibartaH2266 →29 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֲמֵ֤שׁfive of
chameshH2568 →343 times
הַיְרִיעֹת֙the curtains
hayriotH3407 →54 times
לְבָ֔ד<to> alone
levadH905 →200 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שֵׁ֥שׁsix of
sheshH8337 →216 times
הַיְרִיעֹ֖תthe curtains
hayriotH3407 →54 times
לְבָ֑ד<to> alone
levadH905 →200 times
וְכָפַלְתָּ֙and you will fold double
vekhafaltaH3717 →5 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיְרִיעָ֣הthe curtain
hayriahH3407 →54 times
הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔ית<the> sixth
hashishitH8345 →28 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מ֖וּל[the] front of
mulH4136 →36 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הָאֹֽהֶל׃the tent
haohelH168 →345 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.