Exodus 26:34 — Meaning and Application

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“And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy {place}.”

Exodus 26:34

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And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim {wood} overlaid with gold: their hooks {shall be of} gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy {place} and the most holy.

And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy {place}.

And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, {of} blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

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Exodus 26:1

"Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle {with} ten curtains {of} fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: {with} cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. {of cunning...: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer}"

Exodus 26:2

"The length of one curtain {shall be} eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure."

Exodus 26:3

"The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and {other} five curtains {shall be} coupled one to another."

Exodus 26:4

"And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of {another} curtain, in the coupling of the second. {selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel}"

Exodus 26:5

"Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that {is} in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another."

Exodus 26:6

"And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle."

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