Exodus 26:1

And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Every curtain is to be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:4And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

Exodus 25:18And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

Exodus 26:36And you are to make a curtain for the doorway of the Tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red.

Exodus 35:6And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,

Exodus 36:8Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

Exodus 39:3Hammering the gold into thin plates and cutting it into wires to be worked into the blue and the purple and the red and the linen by the designer.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:1

Moses here receives instructions, I. Concerning the inner curtains of the tent or tabernacle, and the coupling of those curtains, ver. 1-6 . II. Concerning the outer curtains which were of goats' hair, to strengthen the former, ver. 7-13 . III. Concerning the case or cover which was to secure it from the weather, ver. 14 . IV. Concerning the boards which were to be reared up to support the curtains, with their bars and sockets, ver. 15-30 . V. The partition between the holy place and the most holy, ver. 31-35 .… Read the whole commentary →

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