Exodus 36:13

Exodus 36:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps, that it might be one tabernacle.

Context of Exodus 36:13

11And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling. 12Fifty 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. And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was one. 14And he made curtains of goats’hairfor a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. 15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.

Exodus 36:13 word by word

וַיַּ֕עַשׂ חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים קַרְסֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב וַיְחַבֵּ֨ר אֶת־הַיְרִעֹ֜ת אַחַ֤ת אֶל־אַחַת֙ בַּקְּרָסִ֔ים וַֽיְהִ֥י הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן אֶחָֽד׃ סRead the interlinear

• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961

Cross-references for Exodus 36:13

• 1 Corinthians 12:20But now they are many members, but one body.
• Ephesians 2:20being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
• 1 Peter 2:4unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,

Commentaries on Exodus 36:13

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38Much of the report about building the Tent of Meeting repeats what 25:1–31:18 said. There is a change from the imperative mood to the indicative, and there are certain changes in the order. This repetition emphasizes that the work was done exactly as God commanded (see 40:16). The people had tried to secure God's presence their own way with the gold calf, which led to disaster. Now, by following God's way, they received blessings (40:34–38).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-381. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, &c.--Here is an illustrious example of zeal and activity in the work of the Lord. No unnecessary delay was allowed to take place; and from the moment the first pole was stuck in the ground till the final completion of the sacred edifice, he and his associates labored with all the energies both of mind and body engaged in the work. And what was the mainspring of their arduous and untiring…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 36:13

• Curtains
• Israel
• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Curtain
• Hold
• Tabernacle
• Atonement, Day of
• Badger
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• Couple
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

Commentaries on Exodus 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings