Exodus 26:2
WEB
The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
BSB
Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide —all curtains the same size.
KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H753
n-m — length
Derivation: from 748;
length
KJV: forever, length, long.
n.[m.] — length
אֹ֫רֶךְ 94 n.[m.] length
a. length
b. of time
c. forbearance, self-restraint
H3407
n-f — hanging, tremulous
Derivation: from 3415;
a hanging (as tremulous)
KJV: curtain.
n.f — curtain
יְרִיעָה 54 n.f. curtain
H259
a — united, one, first
Derivation: a numeral from 258;
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
adj.num — one
אֶחָד 972 adj.num. one
1. one
2. = each, every
3. = a certain
4. = indef. art.
5. only, & (fem.) once
6. one … another, one … the other
7. as ordinal first
8. in combin.
H8083
n — eight, eighth
Derivation: or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from 8082 through the idea of plumpness;
a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
KJV: eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.
n.m — eight
שְׁמֹנֶה, (less oft. שְׁמוֹנֶה), שְׁמֹנָה 109 n.m. et f. eight
H6242
n — twenty, twentieth
Derivation: from 6235;
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
KJV: (six-) score, twenty(-ieth).
twenty
עֶשְׂרִים (a) twenty
H520
n-f — a mother, a cubit, a door-base
Derivation: prolonged from 517;
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
n.f — ell
אַמָּה 246 n.f. ell, cubit
1. cubit
2. † measure, full measure, limit
H7341
n-m — width
Derivation: from 7337;
width (literally or figuratively)
KJV: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
n.[m.] — breadth
רֹ֫חַב 101 n.[m.] breadth, width
H702
n — four
Derivation: masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from 7251;
four
KJV: four.
four
אַרְבַּע, אַרְבָּעָה four
H4060
n-f — extension, height, breadth, measure, portion, vestment, tribute
Derivation: feminine of 4055;
properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)
KJV: garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
n.f — measure
מִדָּה n.f. measure, measurement, stature, size, garment
H3605
n-m — whole, all, any, every
Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
n.m — the whole
כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all
1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every
2. Absolutely:
a. without the art., all things, all
b. with the art. הַכֹּל
(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned
(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)
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Verses 1–6
Exodus 26:1–6
I. The house must be a tabernacle or tent, such as soldiers now use in the camp, which was both a mean dwelling and a movable one; and yet the ark of God had not better, till Solomon built the temple 480 years after this, Kg1 6:1. God manifested his presence among them thus in a tabernacle, 1. In compliance with their present condition in the wilderness, that they might have him with them wherever they went. Note, God suits the tokens of his favour, and the gifts of his grace, to his people's wants and necessities, according as they are, accommodating his mercy to their state, prosperous or adverse, settled or unsettled. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, Isa 43:2. 2. That it might represent the state of God's church in this world, it is a tabernacle-state, Psa 15:1. We have here no continuing city; being strangers in this world, and travellers towards a better, we shall never be fixed till we come to heaven. Church-privileges are movable goods, from one place to another; the gospel is not tied to any place; the candlestick is in a tent, and may easily be taken away, Rev 2:5. If we make much of the tabernacle, and improve the privilege of it, wherever we go it will accompany us; but, if we neglect and disgrace it, wherever we stay it will forsake us. What hath my beloved to do in my house? Jer 11:15.
II. The curtains of the tabernacle must correspond to a divine pattern. 1. They were to be very rich, the best of the kind, fine twined linen; and colours very pleasing, blue, and purple, and scarlet. 2. They were to be embroidered with cherubim (Exo 26:1), to intimate that the angels of God pitch their tents round about the church, Psa 34:7. As there were cherubim over the mercy-seat, so there were round the tabernacle; for we find the angels compassing, not only the throne, but the elders; see Rev 5:11. 3. There were to be two hangings, five breadths in each, sewed together, and the two hangings coupled together with golden clasps, or tacks, so that it might be all one tabernacle, Exo 26:6. Thus the churches of Christ and the saints, though they are many, are yet one, being fitly joined together in holy love, and by the unity of the Spirit, so growing into one holy temple in the Lord, Eph 2:21, Eph 2:22; Eph 4:16. This tabernacle was very strait and narrow; but, at the preaching of the gospel, the church is bidden to enlarge the place of her tent, and to stretch forth her curtains, Isa 54:2.
Cross-references: 1Kgs 6:1 · Isa 43:2 · Ps 15:1 · Rev 2:5 · Jer 11:15 · Exod 26:1 · Ps 34:7 · Rev 5:11 · Exod 26:6 · Eph 2:21 · Eph 2:22 · Eph 4:16 · Isa 54:2