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Exodus 36:12

in Exodus 36

He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling: the loops were opposite one to another.

KJV

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

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This verse in Exodus 36

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains

on Exodus 36:8-13

The instruction of chapters 25 to 31 began at the ark and worked outward. The building works inward, from the tent here to the ark of chapter 37.

This site's exposition

fifty loops on one curtain

Fifty loops a side repeats 26:5 to the number. The loops were set opposite one another so that each clasp could take a pair. Bede reads the number fifty in these fastenings as true rest in the Holy Spirit.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

[THE LOOPS.] The tav of ha-lula’ot (the loops) 36 Lula’ot is spelled lamed, vav, lamed, alef, vav, tav. indicates the feminine.
Ibn Ezra: Spain, 1089–1167 · Ibn Ezra on Exodus 36:12:1, via Sefaria, Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004

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. 1 further source is cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםfifty

    chamishimH2572 →163 times

  • לֻלָאֹ֗תloops

    lulaotH3924 →13 times

  • עָשָׂה֮he made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • בַּיְרִיעָ֣הon the curtain

    bayriahH3407 →54 times

  • הָאֶחָת֒<the> one

    haechatH259 →971 times

  • וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםand fifty

    vachamishimH2572 →163 times

  • לֻלָאֹ֗תloops

    lulaotH3924 →13 times

  • עָשָׂה֙he made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • בִּקְצֵ֣הon [the] edge of

    biktzehH7097 →97 times

  • הַיְרִיעָ֔הthe curtain

    hayriahH3407 →54 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בַּמַּחְבֶּ֣רֶת[was] in the joined set

    bamachberetH4225 →8 times

  • הַשֵּׁנִ֑ית<the> second

    hashenitH8145 →156 times

  • מַקְבִּילֹת֙[were] opposite

    makbilotH6901 →

  • הַלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔תthe loops

    halulaotH3924 →13 times

  • אַחַ֖תone

    ʾachatH259 →971 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֶחָֽת׃one

    ʾechatH259 →971 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

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Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, On the Tabernacle 2.2, AT EXODUS 26:6; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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