Exodus 26:5

Exodus 26:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
• New International Version (NIV)Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Fifty 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain, and fifty loops you shall make on the edge of the curtain that is on the end of the second set, that the loops may be clasped to one another.

Context of Exodus 26:5

3Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another. 4You shall make loops of violet on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set. You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite each other. 6You shall also make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the tabernacle will be a unit. 7“Then you shall make curtains of goats’ hair as a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all.

Exodus 26:5 word by word

חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת תַּעֲשֶׂה֮ בַּיְרִיעָ֣ה הָאֶחָת֒ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים לֻֽלָאֹ֗ת תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַיְרִיעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּמַּחְבֶּ֣רֶת הַשֵּׁנִ֑ית מַקְבִּילֹת֙ הַלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔ת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• You shall makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• in the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• curtainיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
• edgeקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• that is in the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• setמַחְבֶּ֫רֶתmachbereth · joiningH4225
• shall be oppositeקָבַלqâbal · to receiveH6901
• eachאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: anotherH802

Commentaries on Exodus 26:5

• 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. 1-371. cunning work--that is, of elegant texture, richly embroidered. The word "cunning," in old English, is synonymous with "skilful."Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 26:5

• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Cherub
• Couple
• Cunning
• Curtain
• Loop
• Sweet
• Tabernacle
• 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