Exodus 36:19

Exodus 36:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he made a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red, and a covering of badger skins above that.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.

Context of Exodus 36:19

17And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain. 18And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole. And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins. 20Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood. 21Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.

Exodus 36:19 word by word

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵלִ֖ים מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a coveringמִכְסֶהmikseh · coveringH4372
• for the tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• rams’אַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
• skinsעוֹר‛ôr · skinH5785
• dyed redאָדֹם'âdam · to reddenH119
• badgers’תַּ֫חַשׁtachash · leatherH8476
• aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605

Cross-references for Exodus 36:19

• Exodus 26:14And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and a covering of goatskins on top.
• Exodus 36:8And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked.

Commentaries on Exodus 36:19

• 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 36:19

• Ablution
• Badger
• Colors
• Israel
• Porpoise
• Seal
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Rams' Skins
• Badger
• Hold
• Tabernacle
• Atonement, Day of
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• Dye; Dyeing
• 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