Exodus 26:7

You shall also make eleven haircloth canopies to cover the roof of the tabernacle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

In Context

6You shall also make fifty rings of gold, with which the veils of the curtains are to be joined, so that it shall be one tabernacle.

8The length of one canopy shall hold thirty cubits, and the width, four. The measure of all the canopies shall be equal.

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Cross References

Exodus 26:1“Truly, thus shall you make the tabernacle: You shall make ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and hyacinth as well as purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, with diverse embroidery.

Exodus 26:12Then what will be left over of the canopies which are prepared for the roof, that is, one canopy which is in excess, from half of it you shall cover the back of the tabernacle.

Exodus 35:6hyacinth, and purple, and twice-dyed scarlet, and fine linen, the hair of goats,

Exodus 35:26and the hair of goats, donating everything of their own accord.

Numbers 4:25to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the roof of the covenant, the other covering, and the veil over everything, and the violet tent, which hangs at the entrance of the tabernacle of the covenant,

Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:2-7

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 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. 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. 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make… Read the whole commentary →

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