Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 26

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Exodus 26 . 1 , The ten curtains of the tabernacle; Exodus 26 . 7 , The eleven curtains of goats’ hair , and the covering of rams’ and badgers’ skins; Exodus 26 . 15 , The boards of the tabernacle , with their sockets and bars; Exodus 26 . 31 , The vail for the ark; Exodus 26 . 36 , The hanging for the door.

Exodus 26:1

"You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Exodus 26:1 · BSB

the tabernacle with ten curtains13 parallels

The word mishcan , from shachan , to dwell , means simply a dwelling-place , or habitation. "When God had brought the children of Israel out of Egypt ," says the very learned Dr. Cudworth , "resolving to manifest himself in a peculiar manner present among them , he thought good to dwell amongst them in a visible and external manner; and therefore , while they were in the wilderness , and sojourned in tents , he would have a tent or tabernacle built , to sojourn with them also. . Now , the tabernacle being thus a house for God to dwell in visibly , to make up the notion of dwelling or habitation complete , there must be all things suitable to a house belonging to it. Hence , in the holy place , there must be a table and a candlestick , because these were the ordinary furniture of a room. The table must have its dishes , and spoons , and bowls , and covers , belonging to it , though they were never used; and always be furnished with bread upon it. The candlestick must have its lamps continually burning , etc."

fine twined linen5 parallels

cherubims1 parallel

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cunning work Heb. the work of a cunning workman , or embroiderer

Exodus 26:2

Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.

Exodus 26:2 · BSB

curtain5 parallels

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Exodus 26:3

Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

Exodus 26:3 · BSB

coupled together11 parallels

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Exodus 26:4

Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.

Exodus 26:4 · BSB

loops of blue6 parallels

Exodus 26:5

Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.

Exodus 26:5 · BSB

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Exodus 26:6

Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

Exodus 26:6 · BSB

taches of gold6 parallels

one tabernacle5 parallels

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Exodus 26:7

You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

Exodus 26:7 · BSB

curtains6 parallels

goats' hair4 parallels

Izzim , goats , but used here elliptically for goats' hair. In different parts of Asia Minor , Syria , Cilicia , and Phrygia , the goats have long , fine , and beautiful hair; in some cases , almost as fine as silk , which is shorn at proper times , and manufactured into garments

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eleven3 parallels

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Exodus 26:8

Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

Exodus 26:8 · BSB

length of one curtain2 parallels

Exodus 26:9

Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.

Exodus 26:9 · BSB

five curtains by themselves1 parallel

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Exodus 26:10

Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

Exodus 26:10 · BSB

fifty loops1 parallel

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Exodus 26:11

Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

Exodus 26:11 · BSB

tent2 parallels

or , covering

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Exodus 26:12

As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:12 · BSB

shall hang over1 parallel

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Exodus 26:13

And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.

Exodus 26:13 · BSB

a cubit2 parallels

of that which remaineth Heb. in the remainder or surplusage

Exodus 26:14

Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.

Exodus 26:14 · BSB

a covering7 parallels

rams' skins dyed red6 parallels

Oroth ailim meoddamim , literally , the skins of red rams. It is a fact , attested by many respectable travellers , that in the Levant , sheep are often met with having red or violet coloured fleeces. Almost all ancient writers speak of the same thing

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badgers' skins Oroth techashim , which nearly all the ancient versions have taken to be the name of a colour , though they differ very much with regard to the particular colour intended . the LXX , Vulgate , and Coptic , have skins dyed of a violet colour; the Syriac , azure; and the Arabic , black; and Bochart contends for the hysginus , a very deep blue. It may , however , denote an animal; for Dr. Geddes remarks , had the sacred writer meant to express only a variety of colour , he would hardly have repeated oroth , skins , after meoddamim , red , in Exodus 25 . 5.

Exodus 26:15

You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

Exodus 26:15 · BSB

boards9 parallels

of shittim1 parallel

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Exodus 26:17

Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

Exodus 26:17 · BSB

tenons3 parallels

Heb. hands

Exodus 26:18

Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:18 · BSB

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Exodus 26:19

with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.

Exodus 26:19 · BSB

forty sockets of silver13 parallels

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Exodus 26:21

and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.

Exodus 26:21 · BSB

two sockets under one board1 parallel

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Exodus 26:22

Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

Exodus 26:22 · BSB

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Exodus 26:23

and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:23 · BSB

corners1 parallel

[Strong's H4742]

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Exodus 26:24

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.

Exodus 26:24 · BSB

and they shall be coupled together above6 parallels

be coupled Heb. twined

Exodus 26:25

So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.

Exodus 26:25 · BSB

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Exodus 26:26

You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:26 · BSB

bars of shittim wood10 parallels

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Exodus 26:27

five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.

Exodus 26:27 · BSB

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Exodus 26:28

The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.

Exodus 26:28 · BSB

reach4 parallels

lit , flee

Exodus 26:29

Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.

Exodus 26:29 · BSB

overlay the boards with gold2 parallels

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Exodus 26:30

So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Exodus 26:30 · BSB

rear up the tabernacle6 parallels

according to the fashion6 parallels

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Exodus 26:31

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

Exodus 26:31 · BSB

a veil of13 parallels

blue5 parallels

cunning work6 parallels

cherubims shall it be made1 parallel

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purple Argaman , a very precious colour , extracted from the purpura , or murex , a species of shell-fish; and supposed to be the same with the costly and much celebrated Tyrian purple.

scarlet Tolaâth; properly the worm whence the scarlet colour was produced; which grew in a coccus , or excrescence , of a shrub of the ilex kind , like the cochineal worm in the Opuntia of America; which is arranged under the same genus as the Arabic Kermez , which also denotes this colour.

Exodus 26:32

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

Exodus 26:32 · BSB

pillars of shittim3 parallels

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their hooks shall be of gold The Hebrew waveyhem , which we translate their hooks , is rendered by the LXX ךוצבכיהוע , and by the Vulgate , capiata , capitals. Hence Calmet contends .

Exodus 26:33

And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 26:33 · BSB

the taches2 parallels

within the veil2 parallels

the ark of the testimony2 parallels

the holy place6 parallels

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Exodus 26:34

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

Exodus 26:34 · BSB

put the mercy seat3 parallels

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Exodus 26:35

And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

Exodus 26:35 · BSB

the table4 parallels

the candlestick2 parallels

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Exodus 26:36

For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.

Exodus 26:36 · BSB

hanging6 parallels

This may be termed the first vail , as it occupied the door or entrance to the tabernacle; the vail that separated the Holy of Holies is called the second vail

  • Hebrews 9:3 Mr. Morier . Second Journey Through Persia , p. 251 describing the tent of a chief of the Eelauts , says , "It was composed of a wooden frame of circular laths , which were fixed on the ground , and then covered over with large felts , that were fastened down by a cord , ornamented by tassels of various colours. A curtain , curiously worked by the women , with coarse needle-work of various colours , was suspended over the door. In the king of Persia's tents , magnificent perdahs , or hangings of needle-work , are suspended , as well as on the doors of the great mosques in Turkey; and these circumstances combined , will , perhaps , illustrate
  • Exodus 26:36 "
  • Exodus 36:37
  • Exodus 40:28
  • John 10:9
  • John 14:6

the tent7 parallels

of blue1 parallel

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Exodus 26:37

Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.

Exodus 26:37 · BSB

overlay them with gold1 parallel

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web6 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Echoes Deuteronomy 22:9-11 → Exodus 26:1, Deuteronomy 22:9-11 → Exodus 26:31
Trajectories
Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Heavenly Sanctuary (The True Tabernacle), Tabernacle (God Dwelling Among His People), Veil (Access Through Christ's Flesh)
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