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Exodus 26

Exodus 26:36

The Curtain for the Entrance · Exodus 26:36–37
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Translations

Modern
For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
Traditional
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.
Literal
And you shall make a screen for the door of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen, the work of a weaver.
Latin
Facies et tentorium in introitu tabernaculi de hyacintho, et purpura, coccoque bis tincto, et bysso retorta, opere plumarii.

Original

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

Notes

Exodus 26:36–37

The curtain at the eastern end was like the one between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. The posts had bronze bases, not silver ones.

Exodus 26:1–37

The tabernacle itself (not including the courtyard around it) was not very large. It was about 4.6 meters (15 feet) wide and 13.7 meters (45 feet) long.

The main structure stood on 48 vertical frames. Each frame was 4.6 meters (15 feet) high and 68.6 centimeters (27 inches) wide (26:16). The frames were made of acacia wood and covered with gold (26:15, 29).

Workers joined the frames together with horizontal crossbars. These bars formed a three-sided rectangle with one open end (26:26–28).

Two large linen curtains covered the structure. Each large curtain was made from five smaller curtains joined together. The two large curtains were then connected into one long covering (26:1–6).

This linen covering stretched across the top of the frame. It hung down along the sides and the back. It covered both the walls and the roof.

Over the linen curtain, workers placed another curtain made of goat hair. It was built in the same way. This curtain was 0.9 meters (3 feet) wider and 1.8 meters (6 feet) longer than the linen curtain (26:7–13). Because it was larger, it hung lower on every side.

Above these two curtains were two protective layers. One layer was made from tanned ram skins. The other was made from fine leather (26:14). These outer coverings protected the tabernacle from weather and damage.

Inside the tabernacle, another curtain divided the space into two parts. This curtain was beautifully embroidered. It hung across the width of the structure on four posts made of acacia wood (26:31–33). This created two rooms. The first room was called the Holy Place. The second room was called the Most Holy Place.

Events

Parallels

Exodus 36:37–38

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Book of Exodus Cloth and Cloth Manufacturing Coppersmith Deuteronomy, Book of Glorification History of Israel Lebanon Tabernacle

Topics

Colors: These Colors Figured Largely in the Symbolisms of the Tabernacle Furnishing Embroidery in Blue and Purple and Scarlet on the Curtains of the Tabernacle Shittim: Also Called Shittah, a Tree, the Wood of Which is Fragrant: The Boards in the Tabernacle Made of Tabernacle: Description of The Frame Tabernacle: The Curtains of Tabernacle: The Door of, a Curtain of Blue and Purple Suspended by Gold Tabernacle: The Holy Place of Tapestry of the Tabernacle