Exodus 26:3

Exodus 26:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
• New International Version (NIV)Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

Context of Exodus 26:3

1“Make the Tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen. Decorate the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim. 2These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide. Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain. 4Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last curtain in each set. 5The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.

Exodus 26:3 word by word

חֲמֵ֣שׁ הַיְרִיעֹ֗ת תִּֽהְיֶ֙יןָ֙ חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָ֑הּ וְחָמֵ֤שׁ יְרִיעֹת֙ חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• curtainsיְרִיעָהyerîy‛âh · curtainH3407
• shall be coupled togetherחָבַרchâbar · to uniteH2266
• oneאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: anotherH802
• to anotherאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269

Cross-references for Exodus 26:3

• Exodus 26:9Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, and join the other six into a second long curtain. Allow 3 feet of material from the second set of curtains to hang over the front of the sacred tent.
• Exodus 36:10Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.
• John 17:21I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.
• 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.
• Ephesians 2:21We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.
• Ephesians 4:3Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.
• Colossians 2:2I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself.

Commentaries on Exodus 26:3

• 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. 33. The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another, &c.--so as to form two grand divisions, each eleven yards wide.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 26:3

• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Cherub
• Couple
• Cunning
• Curtain
• Sweet
• Tabernacle
• Badger
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• Criticism

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