Exodus 26:6

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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
• 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.

Context of Exodus 26:6

4Also make loops of violet on the edge of the one curtain that is outermost in the first set, and do likewise within the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set. 5You are to make 50 loops in the first curtain and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set. The loops are to be opposite one another. Then make 50 clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps, so that the Tabernacle may be one piece. 7“You are to make curtains of goat hair for a tent over the Tabernacle, 11 curtains in all. 8The length of each curtain is to be 30 cubits and the width of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains are to have the same measurement.

Exodus 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 26:11Make 50 bronze clasps, put them into the loops, and couple the tent together, so that it may be one.
• Exodus 35:11the Tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its clasps and its boards, its crossbars, its pillars and its bases;
• Exodus 36:13Also he made 50 clasps of gold and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps, so the Tabernacle was one.
• Exodus 39:33Then they brought the Tabernacle to Moses, along with the tent and all of its furnishings, its clasps, its boards, its crossbars, its pillars, and its bases;
• Ephesians 1:22God placed all things under Messiah’s feet and appointed Him as head over all things for His community—
• Ephesians 4:16From Him the whole body is fitted and held together by every supporting ligament. The proper working of each individual part produces the body’s growth, for building itself up in love.
• 1 Peter 2:4As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen by God and precious,

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

Topics related to Exodus 26:6

• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

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

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