Exodus 36:14

Exodus 36:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
• New International Version (NIV)They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains.

Context of Exodus 36:14

12placing the loops opposite each other. 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. They made 11 sheets of goats’ hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. 15Each of the 11 sheets was 45 feet long and 6 feet wide. 16Five of the sheets were sewn together into one set, and the remaining six into another set.

Exodus 36:14 word by word

וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ יְרִיעֹ֣ת עִזִּ֔ים לְאֹ֖הֶל עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן עַשְׁתֵּֽי־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה יְרִיעֹ֖ת עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
• goats’עֵז‛êz · goatH5795
• for the tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• over the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• elevenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• elevenעַשְׁתֵּי‛ashtêy · elevenH6249

Cross-references for Exodus 36:14

• Exodus 26:7“Make 11 sheets of goats’ hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent.

Commentaries on Exodus 36:14

• 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 36:14

• Curtains
• Goat
• Israel
• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Goats' Hair
• Cattle
• Curtain
• Hold
• Atonement, Day of
• Badger
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• 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