New International Version
Exodus 26:6
6Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
Exodus 26:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.
Context of Exodus 26:6
4Make 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. 5Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit. 7“Make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven altogether. 8All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
Read all of Exodus 26Exodus 26:6 word by word
וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים קַרְסֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב וְחִבַּרְתָּ֨ אֶת־הַיְרִיעֹ֜ת אִשָּׁ֤ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ֙ בַּקְּרָסִ֔ים וְהָיָ֥ה הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן אֶחָֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
- tachesקֶ֫רֶסqeres · hookH7165
- of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- and coupleחָבַרchâbar · to uniteH2266
- the curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
- together withאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
- together withאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: anotherH802
- and it shall be oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
Cross-references for Exodus 26:6
- Exodus 26:11Then make fifty bronze clasps and put them in the loops to fasten the tent together as a unit.
- Exodus 35:11the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
- Exodus 36:13Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
- Exodus 39:33Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
- Ephesians 1:22And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,
- Ephesians 4:16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
- 1 Peter 2:4As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—
Commentaries on Exodus 26:6
- 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. 66. taches--clasps; supposed in shape, as well as in use, to be the same as hooks and eyes.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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