Exodus 26:2

Each curtain is to measure twenty-eight cubits long by four cubits wide, and all the curtains are to be the same size.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Make ten curtains for the Tabernacle of finely-spun linen, using blue, purple, and crimson threads. Have them embroidered with cherubim by someone who is skilled.

3Join five of the curtains together, and then do the same to the other five.

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Cross References

Exodus 26:7Make eleven curtains of goat hair as a tent to cover the Tabernacle.

2 Samuel 7:2So he said to Nathan the prophet, “Look at me—I live in a palace made of cedar, but the Ark of God is still in a tent.”

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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