New English Translation
Exodus 26:14
14“You are to make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather.
Exodus 26:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
- New International Version (NIV)Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall make for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and a covering of goatskins on top.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall also make a covering of ram skins dyed red for the tent, and a covering of badger skins above that.
Context of Exodus 26:14
12Now the part that remains of the curtains of the tent – the half curtain that remains will hang over at the back of the tabernacle. 13The foot and a half on the one side and the foot and a half on the other side of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent will hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on one side and the other side, to cover it. “You are to make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather. 15“You are to make the frames for the tabernacle out of acacia wood as uprights. 16Each frame is to be fifteen feet long, and each frame is to be two feet three inches wide,
Read all of Exodus 26Exodus 26:14 word by word
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵילִ֖ם מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 26:14
- Exodus 36:19He made a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather.
- Numbers 4:5When it is time for the camp to journey, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it.
- Psalms 27:5He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.
- Psalms 121:4Look! Israel’s protector does not sleep or slumber!
- Isaiah 4:6By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour.
- Isaiah 25:4For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm,
- Exodus 26:5You are to make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you are to make fifty loops on the end curtain which is on the second set, so that the loops are opposite one to another.
- Exodus 35:7ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
- Exodus 39:34and the coverings of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the protecting curtain;
- Numbers 4:10Then they must put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a carrying beam.
- Ezekiel 16:10I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
- Exodus 25:5ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
Commentaries on Exodus 26:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Rams' skins dyed red - See Clarke's note on Exodus 25:5. This was the third covering; and what is called the badgers' skins was the fourth. See Clarke's note on Exodus 25:5. Why there should have been four coverings does not appear. They might have been designed partly for respect; and partly to keep off dust and dirt, and the extremely fine sand which in that desert rises as it were on every breeze; and partly to keep off the intense heat of the sun…Read the comment
- 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
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The curtains of meaner materials, being made both longer and broader, covered the others, and were defended by coverings of skins. The whole represents the person and doctrine of Christ, and the church of true Christians, and all heavenly things, which outwardly are mean, but inwardly, and in the sight of God, are glorious and precious.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-37The tabernacle itself (not including the courtyard around it) was not very large. It was about 4.6 meters (15 feet) wide and 13.7 meters (45 feet) long. The main structure stood on 48 vertical frames. Each frame was 4.6 meters (15 feet) high and 68.6 centimeters (27 inches) wide (26:16). The frames were made of acacia wood and covered with gold (26:15, 29). Workers joined the frames together with horizontal crossbars. These bars formed a three-sided…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. a covering ... of rams' skins dyed red--that is, of Turkey red leather. [See on Ex 39:34.]Read the comment
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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
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