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Exodus 26:14
14Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Complete the tent covering with a protective layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.
Context of Exodus 26:14
12As for the additional length of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over is to hang down at the rear of the tabernacle. 13The tent curtains will be a cubit longer on both sides; what is left will hang over the sides of the tabernacle so as to cover it. Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather. 15“Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 16Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
Read all of Exodus 26Exodus 26:14 word by word
וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ מִכְסֶה֙ לָאֹ֔הֶל עֹרֹ֥ת אֵילִ֖ם מְאָדָּמִ֑ים וּמִכְסֵ֛ה עֹרֹ֥ת תְּחָשִׁ֖ים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 26:14
- Exodus 36:19Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of the other durable leather.
- Numbers 4:5When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law.
- Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.
- Psalms 121:4indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
- Isaiah 4:6It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
- Isaiah 25:4You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall
- Exodus 26:5Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
- Exodus 35:7ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 39:34the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of another durable leather and the shielding curtain;
- Numbers 4:10Then they are to wrap it and all its accessories in a covering of the durable leather and put it on a carrying frame.
- Ezekiel 16:10I clothed you with an embroidered dress and put sandals of fine leather on you. I dressed you in fine linen and covered you with costly garments.
- Exodus 25:5ram skins dyed red and another type of durable 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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