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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Exodus 26:6

4Make 50 violet loops along the edge of the end sheet in each set, 5placing the loops opposite each other. Make 50 gold fasteners. Use them to link the ⌞two sets of⌟ sheets together so that the tent is a single unit. 7“Make 11 sheets of goats’ hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. 8Each of the 11 sheets will be 45 feet long and 6 feet wide.

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 26:11Make 50 bronze fasteners, and put them through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit.
• Exodus 35:11the inner tent, the outer tent, and cover, along with the fasteners, frames, crossbars, posts, and sockets,
• Exodus 36:13They also made 50 gold fasteners. They used them to link the ⌞two sets of⌟ sheets together so that the inner tent was a single unit.
• Exodus 39:33Then they brought everything to Moses—the inner tent, the outer tent and all its furnishings, the fasteners, frames, crossbars, posts, sockets,
• Ephesians 1:22God has put everything under the control of Christ. He has made Christ the head of everything for the good of the church.
• Ephesians 4:16He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, he makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
• 1 Peter 2:4You are coming to Christ, the living stone who was rejected by humans but was chosen as precious by God.

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