Making the Tent Coverings

Exodus 36:14-19

Making the Tent Coverings

And he made curtains of goats’hairfor a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.

And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second coupling.

And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.

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Exodus 26:7
And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
from verse 14
Exodus 26:13
And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth 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.
from verse 14
Exodus 26:14
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
from verse 19

Henry comments on Exodus 36:14-34 — read the whole passage

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Matthew Henry

From his Commentary on the Whole Bible. Henry comments on passages, not single verses — this entry covers Exodus 36:14–34.

1662–1714

Here, 1. The shelter and special protection that the church is under are signified by the curtains of hair-cloth, which were spread over the tabernacle, and the covering of rams' skins and badgers' skins over them, Exo 36:14-19. God has provided for his people a shadow from the heat, and a covert from storm and rain, Isa 4:6. They are armed against all weathers; the sun and the moon shall not smite them: and they are protected from the storms of divine wrath, that hail which will sweep away the refuge of lies, Isa 28:17. Those that dwell in God's house shall find, be the tempest ever so violent, or the dropping ever so continual, it does not rain in. 2. The strength and stability of the church, though it is but a tabernacle, are signified by the boards and bars with which the curtains were borne up, Exo 36:20-34. The boards were coupled together and joined by the bars which shot through them; for the union of the church, and the hearty agreement of those that are its stays and supporters, contribute abundantly to its strength and establishment.

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