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Exodus 26:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. "
Exodus 26:13
Verse in Context
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11 You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
12 The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent—the half curtain that remains—shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
13 The cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.
15 “You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.
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Exodus 26:1
"“Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall make them with the work of a skillful workman."
Exodus 26:2
"The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure."
Exodus 26:3
"Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another."
Exodus 26:4
"You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling, and you shall do likewise on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second coupling."
Exodus 26:5
"You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one another."
Exodus 26:6
"You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains to one another with the clasps. The tabernacle shall be a unit."
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