Exodus 39:34
in Exodus 39the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the veil of the covering;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
KJV
And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the covering,
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This verse in Exodus 39
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses
on Exodus 39:33-41
Everything is carried to Moses and listed piece by piece, from the tent to the courtyard. John Gill reads the bringing as an inspection, so Moses could see whether the work matched the pattern shown on the mountain. The list closes on the woven garments, where the chapter began.
This site's exposition
the covering of ram skins dyed red
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown take the rams' skins dyed red as a kind of red morocco leather. The fine leather they trace, after Goss, to the skin of the dugong of the Red Sea. Exodus 26:14 ordered both coverings.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
His institutions neither need nor admit men's inventions to make them either more beautiful or more likely to answer the intention of them. Add thou not unto his words. God is pleased with willing worship, but not with will-worship.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the covering of rams' skin dyed red--(See on Ex 25:5). It was probably red morocco leather and "badgers' skins," rather "the skins of the tahash, supposed to be the dugong, or dolphin of the Red Sea, the skin of which is still used by the Arabs under the same appellation" [GOSS].
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The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִכְסֵ֞ה | mikhseh | [the] covering of | H4372 → | 16 times |
| עוֹרֹ֤ת | orot | [the] skins of | H5785 → | 99 times |
| הָֽאֵילִם֙ | haeilim | the rams | H352 → | 187 times |
| הַמְאָדָּמִ֔ים | hamadamim | that was dyed red | H119 → | 10 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִכְסֵ֖ה | mikhseh | [the] covering of | H4372 → | 16 times |
| עֹרֹ֣ת | ʾorot | [the] skins of | H5785 → | 99 times |
| הַתְּחָשִׁ֑ים | hatechashim | the dolphins | H8476 → | 14 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פָּרֹ֥כֶת | parokhet | [the] curtain of | H6532 → | 25 times |
| הַמָּסָֽךְ׃ | hamasakh | the screen | H4539 → | 25 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִכְסֵ֞ה[the] covering of
mikhsehH4372 →16 times
עוֹרֹ֤ת[the] skins of
orotH5785 →99 times
הָֽאֵילִם֙the rams
haeilimH352 →187 times
הַמְאָדָּמִ֔יםthat was dyed red
hamadamimH119 →10 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִכְסֵ֖ה[the] covering of
mikhsehH4372 →16 times
עֹרֹ֣ת[the] skins of
ʾorotH5785 →99 times
הַתְּחָשִׁ֑יםthe dolphins
hatechashimH8476 →14 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
פָּרֹ֥כֶת[the] curtain of
parokhetH6532 →25 times
הַמָּסָֽךְ׃the screen
hamasakhH4539 →25 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.