New English Translation
Exodus 26:4
4You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loops in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.
Exodus 26:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
- New International Version (NIV)Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set. Likewise you shall make loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the curtain on the selvedge of one set, and likewise you shall do on the outer edge of the other curtain of the second set.
Context of Exodus 26:4
2The length of each curtain is to be forty-two feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet – the same size for each of the curtains. 3Five curtains are to be joined, one to another, and the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another. You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loops in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set. 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. 6You are to make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle is a unit.
Read all of Exodus 26Exodus 26:4 word by word
וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ לֻֽלְאֹ֣ת תְּכֵ֗לֶת עַ֣ל שְׂפַ֤ת הַיְרִיעָה֙ הָאֶחָ֔ת מִקָּצָ֖ה בַּחֹבָ֑רֶת וְכֵ֤ן תַּעֲשֶׂה֙ בִּשְׂפַ֣ת הַיְרִיעָ֔ה הַקִּ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה בַּמַּחְבֶּ֖רֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- loopsלוּלַיlûlâ'âh · loopH3924
- of blueתְּכֵ֫לֶתtekêleth · blueH8504
- upon the edgeשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lip: edgeH8193
- of the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- curtainיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
- from the selvedgeקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098
- in the couplingחֹבֶ֫רֶתchôbereth · setH2279
- in the uttermostקִיצוֹןqîytsôn · outermostH7020
- in the couplingמַחְבֶּ֫רֶתmachbereth · joiningH4225
- of the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
Cross-references for Exodus 26:4
- 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 36:11He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set.
Commentaries on Exodus 26:4
- 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
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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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