Exodus 26:12

As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.

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In The King James Version

And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

In Context

11Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

13And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.

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Cross References

Exodus 26:7You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:8-15

7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the… Read the whole commentary →

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