Exodus 26:6

Exodus 26:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
• New International Version (NIV)Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.

Context of Exodus 26:6

4And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. 5Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one another. And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole. 7"You shall also make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make. 8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size.

Exodus 26:6 word by word

וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים קַרְסֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב וְחִבַּרְתָּ֨ אֶת־הַיְרִיעֹ֜ת אִשָּׁ֤ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ֙ בַּקְּרָסִ֔ים וְהָיָ֥ה הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן אֶחָֽד׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• tachesקֶ֫רֶסqeres · hookH7165
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and coupleחָבַרchâbar · to uniteH2266
• the curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
• together withאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• together withאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: anotherH802
• and it shall be oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908

Cross-references for Exodus 26:6

• Exodus 26:11"You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together that it may be a single whole.
• Exodus 35:11the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
• Exodus 36:13And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.
• Exodus 39:33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its utensils, its hooks, its frames, its bars, its pillars, and its bases;
• Ephesians 1:22And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,
• Ephesians 4:16from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
• 1 Peter 2:4As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

Commentaries on Exodus 26:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-37Verses 1-37 (Compare Exodus 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exodus 26:7-13, and its covering Exodus 26:14 (Compare Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33-34; Exodus 40:19, Exodus 40:34; Numbers 3:25, etc.). These parts are very clearly distinguished in the Hebrew, but they are confounded in many places of the English Version (see Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:9, etc.). The tabernacle itself was to consist of curtains of fine linen woven with colored figures of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6The cloth was 13 meters long (42 feet) and two meters wide (six feet). The width of two meters (six feet) may have been because of the largest loom available. They joined five of these six-foot strips, probably by sewing, to create one continuous piece of cloth 13 meters long (42 feet) and 10 meters wide (30 feet). When connected with loops and clasps, the two cloths formed a single unit measuring 13 meters (42 feet) by 20 meters (60 feet) (26:5–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. taches--clasps; supposed in shape, as well as in use, to be the same as hooks and eyes.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 26:6

• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Cherub
• Couple
• Cunning
• Curtain
• Sweet
• Tabernacle
• Taches
• Badger
• Clasps
• Color; Colors

Commentaries on Exodus 26

• 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