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Exodus (Hebrew: Shemot — "Names") narrates the redemption of Israel from Egypt, the giving of the Law at Sinai, and the construction of the Tabernacle — the three great acts that define Israel's national, covenantal, and liturgical identity.
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- Primary Witness Text: 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. 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. The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. 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. 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. And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edg...
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Exodus (Hebrew: Shemot — "Names") narrates the redemption of Israel from Egypt, the giving of the Law at Sinai, and the construction of the Tabernacle — the three great acts that define Israel's national, covenantal, and liturgical identity.
The apologetics significance is multilayered: the Passover anticipates substitutionary atonement (1 Cor 5:7); the plagues demonstrate YHWH's sovereignty over the gods of Egypt; the Sinai covenant establishes divine law as the foundation of human ethics; and the Tabernacle introduces the theology of divine presence that culminates in the Incarnation (John 1:14 — eskēnōsen, "tabernacled among us").
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Exodus 26:1
Hebrew
וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן תַּעֲשֶׂה עֶשֶׂר יְרִיעֹת שֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר וּתְכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתֹלַעַת שָׁנִי כְּרֻבִים מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָֽם׃ve'et-hamishekhan-ta'asheh-'esher-yeriy'ot-shesh-mashezar-vtekhelet-ve'aregaman-vetola'at-shaniy-kheruviym-ma'asheh-choshev-ta'asheh-'otam
KJV: 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.
AKJV: Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work shall you make them.
ASV: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
YLT: `And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; with cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them;
Exposition: Exodus 26:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:2
Hebrew
אֹרֶךְ ׀ הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאַחַת שְׁמֹנֶה וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּֽאַמָּה וְרֹחַב אַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה אַחַת לְכָל־הַיְרִיעֹֽת׃'orekhe- -hayeriy'ah-ha'achat-shemoneh-ve'esheriym-va'amah-verochav-'areva'-va'amah-hayeriy'ah-ha'echat-midah-'achat-lekhal-hayeriy'ot
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.
AKJV: 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.
ASV: The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
YLT: the length of the one curtain is eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit, one measure is to all the curtains;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:2Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:2
Exodus 26:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:2
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- Exodus 26:2
Exposition: Exodus 26:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:3
Hebrew
חֲמֵשׁ הַיְרִיעֹת תִּֽהְיֶיּןָ חֹֽבְרֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ וְחָמֵשׁ יְרִיעֹת חֹֽבְרֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃chamesh-hayeriy'ot-tiheyeyna-choverot-'ishah-'el-'achotah-vechamesh-yeriy'ot-choverot-'ishah-'el-'achotah
KJV: The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
AKJV: The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
ASV: Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
YLT: five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:3
Exodus 26:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:3
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- Exodus 26:3
Exposition: Exodus 26:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:4
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ לֻֽלְאֹת תְּכֵלֶת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִקָּצָה בַּחֹבָרֶת וְכֵן תַּעֲשֶׂה בִּשְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַקִּיצוֹנָה בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃ve'ashiyta-lule'ot-tekhelet-'al-shefat-hayeriy'ah-ha'echat-miqatzah-vachovaret-vekhen-ta'asheh-vishefat-hayeriy'ah-haqiytzvonah-vamacheveret-hasheniyt
KJV: And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
AKJV: And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shall you make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
ASV: And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
YLT: `And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:4
Exodus 26:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:4
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- Exodus 26:4
Exposition: Exodus 26:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:5
Hebrew
חֲמִשִּׁים לֻֽלָאֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה בַּיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת וַחֲמִשִּׁים לֻֽלָאֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה בִּקְצֵה הַיְרִיעָה אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּחְבֶּרֶת הַשֵּׁנִית מַקְבִּילֹת הַלֻּלָאֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃chamishiym-lula'ot-ta'asheh-vayeriy'ah-ha'echat-vachamishiym-lula'ot-ta'asheh-viqetzeh-hayeriy'ah-'asher-vamacheveret-hasheniyt-maqeviylot-halula'ot-'ishah-'el-'achotah
KJV: Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
AKJV: Fifty loops shall you make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shall you make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
ASV: Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; the loops shall be opposite one to another.
YLT: fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which is in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:5
Exodus 26:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:5
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- Exodus 26:5
Exposition: Exodus 26:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:6
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ חֲמִשִּׁים קַרְסֵי זָהָב וְחִבַּרְתָּ אֶת־הַיְרִיעֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ בַּקְּרָסִים וְהָיָה הַמִּשְׁכָּן אֶחָֽד׃ve'ashiyta-chamishiym-qaresey-zahav-vechivareta-'et-hayeriy'ot-'ishah-'el-'achotah-vaqerasiym-vehayah-hamishekhan-'echad
KJV: And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
AKJV: And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps: and it shall be one tabernacle. ¶
ASV: And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one whole.
YLT: and thou hast made fifty hooks of gold, and hast joined the curtains one to another by the hooks, and the tabernacle hath been one.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:6
Exodus 26:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:6
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- Exodus 26:6
Exposition: Exodus 26:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:7
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ יְרִיעֹת עִזִּים לְאֹהֶל עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן עַשְׁתֵּי־עֶשְׂרֵה יְרִיעֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָֽם׃ve'ashiyta-yeriy'ot-'iziym-le'ohel-'al-hamishekhan-'ashetey-'eshereh-yeriy'ot-ta'asheh-'otam
KJV: And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
AKJV: And you shall make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering on the tabernacle: eleven curtains shall you make.
ASV: And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
YLT: `And thou hast made curtains of goats' hair , for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains:
Commentary WitnessExodus 26:7Quoted commentary witness
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Exodus 26:7
Verse 7 Curtains of goats' hair - Stuff made of goats' hair. See Clarke's note on Exo 25:4. This was the second covering.
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Exodus 26:7
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Exposition: Exodus 26:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:8
Hebrew
אֹרֶךְ ׀ הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים בָּֽאַמָּה וְרֹחַב אַרְבַּע בָּאַמָּה הַיְרִיעָה הָאֶחָת מִדָּה אַחַת לְעַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה יְרִיעֹֽת׃'orekhe- -hayeriy'ah-ha'achat-sheloshiym-va'amah-verochav-'areva'-va'amah-hayeriy'ah-ha'echat-midah-'achat-le'ashetey-'eshereh-yeriy'ot
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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.
ASV: The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
YLT: the length of the one curtain is thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure is to the eleven curtains;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:8
Exodus 26:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:8
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- Exodus 26:8
Exposition: Exodus 26:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:9
Hebrew
וְחִבַּרְתָּ אֶת־חֲמֵשׁ הַיְרִיעֹת לְבָד וְאֶת־שֵׁשׁ הַיְרִיעֹת לְבָד וְכָפַלְתָּ אֶת־הַיְרִיעָה הַשִּׁשִּׁית אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הָאֹֽהֶל׃vechivareta-'et-chamesh-hayeriy'ot-levad-ve'et-shesh-hayeriy'ot-levad-vekhafaleta-'et-hayeriy'ah-hashishiyt-'el-mvl-feney-ha'ohel
KJV: 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.
AKJV: And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
ASV: And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.
YLT: and thou hast joined the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart, and hast doubled the six curtains over-against the front of the tent.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:9Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:9
Exodus 26:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exodus 26:9
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- Exodus 26:9
Exposition: Exodus 26:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:10
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ חֲמִשִּׁים לֻֽלָאֹת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הָֽאֶחָת הַקִּיצֹנָה בַּחֹבָרֶת וַחֲמִשִּׁים לֻֽלָאֹת עַל שְׂפַת הַיְרִיעָה הַחֹבֶרֶת הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃ve'ashiyta-chamishiym-lula'ot-'al-shefat-hayeriy'ah-ha'echat-haqiytzonah-vachovaret-vachamishiym-lula'ot-'al-shefat-hayeriy'ah-hachoveret-hasheniyt
KJV: And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
AKJV: And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which couples the second.
ASV: And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second coupling.
YLT: `And thou hast made fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:10Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:10
Exodus 26:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:10
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- Exodus 26:10
Exposition: Exodus 26:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:11
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ קַרְסֵי נְחֹשֶׁת חֲמִשִּׁים וְהֵבֵאתָ אֶת־הַקְּרָסִים בַּלֻּלָאֹת וְחִבַּרְתָּ אֶת־הָאֹהֶל וְהָיָה אֶחָֽד׃ve'ashiyta-qaresey-nechoshet-chamishiym-veheve'ta-'et-haqerasiym-valula'ot-vechivareta-'et-ha'ohel-vehayah-'echad
KJV: And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
AKJV: And you shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
ASV: And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
YLT: and thou hast made fifty hooks of brass, and hast brought in the hooks into the loops, and hast joined the tent, and it hath been one.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:11
Exodus 26:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:11
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- Exodus 26:11
Exposition: Exodus 26:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:12
Hebrew
וְסֶרַח הָעֹדֵף בִּירִיעֹת הָאֹהֶל חֲצִי הַיְרִיעָה הָעֹדֶפֶת תִּסְרַח עַל אֲחֹרֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃veserach-ha'odef-viyriy'ot-ha'ohel-chatziy-hayeriy'ah-ha'odefet-tiserach-'al-'achorey-hamishekhan
KJV: And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
AKJV: And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
ASV: And the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
YLT: `And the superfluity in the curtains of the tent--the half of the curtain which is superfluous--hath spread over the hinder part of the tabernacle;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:12Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:12
Exodus 26:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:12
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- Exodus 26:12
Exposition: Exodus 26:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:13
Hebrew
וְהָאַמָּה מִזֶּה וְהָאַמָּה מִזֶּה בָּעֹדֵף בְּאֹרֶךְ יְרִיעֹת הָאֹהֶל יִהְיֶה סָרוּחַ עַל־צִדֵּי הַמִּשְׁכָּן מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לְכַסֹּתֽוֹ׃veha'amah-mizeh-veha'amah-mizeh-va'odef-ve'orekhe-yeriy'ot-ha'ohel-yiheyeh-sarvcha-'al-tzidey-hamishekhan-mizeh-vmizeh-lekhasotvo
KJV: And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
AKJV: And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
ASV: And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
YLT: and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:13Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:13
Exodus 26:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:13
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- Exodus 26:13
Exposition: Exodus 26:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:14
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ מִכְסֶה לָאֹהֶל עֹרֹת אֵילִם מְאָדָּמִים וּמִכְסֵה עֹרֹת תְּחָשִׁים מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃ve'ashiyta-mikheseh-la'ohel-'orot-'eylim-me'adamiym-vmikheseh-'orot-techashiym-milema'elah
KJV: And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.
AKJV: And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins. ¶
ASV: And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
YLT: and thou hast made a covering for the tent, of rams' skins made red, and a covering of badgers' skins above.
Commentary WitnessExodus 26:14Quoted commentary witness
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Exodus 26:14
Verse 14 Rams' skins dyed red - See Clarke's note on Exo 25:5. This was the third covering; and what is called the badgers' skins was the fourth. See Clarke's note on Exo 25:5. Why there should have been four coverings does not appear. They might have been designed partly for respect; and partly to keep off dust and dirt, and the extremely fine sand which in that desert rises as it were on every breeze; and partly to keep off the intense heat of the sun, which would otherwise have destroyed the poles, bars, boards, and the whole of the wood work. As to the conjecture of some that "the four coverings were intended the better to keep off the rain," it must appear unfounded to those who know that in that desert rain was rarely ever seen.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Exodus 26:14
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- Clarke
Exposition: Exodus 26:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:15
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁים לַמִּשְׁכָּן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים עֹמְדִֽים׃ve'ashiyta-'et-haqerashiym-lamishekhan-'atzey-shitiym-'omediym
KJV: And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
AKJV: And you shall make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
ASV: And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
YLT: `And thou hast made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up;
Commentary WitnessExodus 26:15Quoted commentary witness
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Exodus 26:15
Verse 15 Thou shalt make boards - These formed what might be called the walls of the tabernacle, and were made of shittim wood, the acacia Nilotica, which Dr. Shaw says grows here in abundance. To have worked the acacia into these boards or planks, the Israelites must have had sawyers, joiners, etc., among them; but how they got the tools is a question. But as the Israelites were the general workmen of Egypt, and were brought up to every kind of trade for the service of their oppressors, we may naturally suppose that every artificer brought off some of his tools with him. For though it is not at all likely that they had any armor or defensive weapons in their power, yet for the reason above assigned they must have had the implements which were requisite for their respective trades.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Exodus 26:15
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- Nilotica
- Dr
- Egypt
Exposition: Exodus 26:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:16
Hebrew
עֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת אֹרֶךְ הַקָּרֶשׁ וְאַמָּה וַחֲצִי הָֽאַמָּה רֹחַב הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד׃'esher-'amvot-'orekhe-haqaresh-ve'amah-vachatziy-ha'amah-rochav-haqeresh-ha'echad
KJV: Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
AKJV: Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
ASV: Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
YLT: ten cubits is the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board;
Commentary WitnessExodus 26:16Quoted commentary witness
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Exodus 26:16
Verse 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board - Each of these boards or planks was about five yards and two feet and a half long, and thirty-two inches broad; and as they are said to be standing up, this was the Height of the tabernacle. The length being thirty cubits, twenty boards, one cubit and a half broad each, make about seventeen yards and a half, and the Breadth was about five yards.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:16
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Exposition: Exodus 26:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:17
Hebrew
שְׁתֵּי יָדוֹת לַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד מְשֻׁלָּבֹת אִשָּׁה אֶל־אֲחֹתָהּ כֵּן תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכֹל קַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃shetey-yadvot-laqeresh-ha'echad-meshulavot-'ishah-'el-'achotah-khen-ta'asheh-lekhol-qareshey-hamishekhan
KJV: Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
AKJV: Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
ASV: Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
YLT: two handles are to the one board, joined one unto another; so thou dost make for all the boards of the tabernacle;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:17Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Exodus 26:17
Exodus 26:17 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:17
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- Exodus 26:17
Exposition: Exodus 26:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:18
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁים לַמִּשְׁכָּן עֶשְׂרִים קֶרֶשׁ לִפְאַת נֶגְבָּה תֵימָֽנָה׃ve'ashiyta-'et-haqerashiym-lamishekhan-'esheriym-qeresh-life'at-negevah-teymanah
KJV: And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
AKJV: And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
ASV: And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
YLT: and thou hast made the boards of the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:18Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:18
Exodus 26:18 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:18
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- Exodus 26:18
Exposition: Exodus 26:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:19
Hebrew
וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵי־כֶסֶף תַּעֲשֶׂה תַּחַת עֶשְׂרִים הַקָּרֶשׁ שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָיו וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּֽחַת־הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד לִשְׁתֵּי יְדֹתָֽיו׃ve'areva'iym-'adeney-khesef-ta'asheh-tachat-'esheriym-haqaresh-sheney-'adaniym-tachat-haqeresh-ha'echad-lishetey-yedotayv-vsheney-'adaniym-tachat-haqeresh-ha'echad-lishetey-yedotayv
KJV: And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
AKJV: And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
ASV: And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons:
YLT: and forty sockets of silver thou dost make under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:19Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:19
Exodus 26:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:19
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Exodus 26:19
Exposition: Exodus 26:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:20
Hebrew
וּלְצֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית לִפְאַת צָפוֹן עֶשְׂרִים קָֽרֶשׁ׃vletzela'-hamishekhan-hasheniyt-life'at-tzafvon-'esheriym-qaresh
KJV: And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
AKJV: And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
ASV: and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,
YLT: `And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, are twenty boards,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:20Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:20
Exodus 26:20 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exodus 26:20
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- Exodus 26:20
Exposition: Exodus 26:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:21
Hebrew
וְאַרְבָּעִים אַדְנֵיהֶם כָּסֶף שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָֽאֶחָד וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד׃ve'areva'iym-'adeneyhem-khasef-sheney-'adaniym-tachat-haqeresh-ha'echad-vsheney-'adaniym-tachat-haqeresh-ha'echad
KJV: And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
AKJV: And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
ASV: and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
YLT: and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:21Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:21
Exodus 26:21 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:21
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- Exodus 26:21
Exposition: Exodus 26:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:22
Hebrew
וּֽלְיַרְכְּתֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן יָמָּה תַּעֲשֶׂה שִׁשָּׁה קְרָשִֽׁים׃vleyarekhetey-hamishekhan-yamah-ta'asheh-shishah-qerashiym
KJV: And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
AKJV: And for the sides of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
ASV: And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
YLT: And for the sides of the tabernacle westward, thou dost make six boards.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:22Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:22
Exodus 26:22 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:22
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- Exodus 26:22
Exposition: Exodus 26:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:23
Hebrew
וּשְׁנֵי קְרָשִׁים תַּעֲשֶׂה לִמְקֻצְעֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן בַּיַּרְכָתָֽיִם׃vsheney-qerashiym-ta'asheh-limequtze'ot-hamishekhan-vayarekhatayim
KJV: And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
AKJV: And two boards shall you make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
ASV: And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
YLT: And two boards thou dost make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:23Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:23
Exodus 26:23 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:23
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- Exodus 26:23
Exposition: Exodus 26:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:24
Hebrew
וְיִֽהְיוּ תֹֽאֲמִים מִלְּמַטָּה וְיַחְדָּו יִהְיוּ תַמִּים עַל־רֹאשׁוֹ אֶל־הַטַּבַּעַת הָאֶחָת כֵּן יִהְיֶה לִשְׁנֵיהֶם לִשְׁנֵי הַמִּקְצֹעֹת יִהְיֽוּ׃veyiheyv-to'amiym-milematah-veyachedav-yiheyv-tamiym-'al-ro'shvo-'el-hatava'at-ha'echat-khen-yiheyeh-lisheneyhem-lisheney-hamiqetzo'ot-yiheyv
KJV: And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
AKJV: And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
ASV: And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
YLT: And they are pairs beneath, and together they are pairs above its head unto the one ring; so is it for them both, they are for the two corners.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:24Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:24
Exodus 26:24 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:24
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- Exodus 26:24
Exposition: Exodus 26:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:25
Hebrew
וְהָיוּ שְׁמֹנָה קְרָשִׁים וְאַדְנֵיהֶם כֶּסֶף שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר אֲדָנִים שְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָד וּשְׁנֵי אֲדָנִים תַּחַת הַקֶּרֶשׁ הָאֶחָֽד׃vehayv-shemonah-qerashiym-ve'adeneyhem-khesef-shishah-'ashar-'adaniym-sheney-'adaniym-tachat-haqeresh-ha'echad-vsheney-'adaniym-tachat-haqeresh-ha'echad
KJV: And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
AKJV: And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. ¶
ASV: And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
YLT: And they have been eight boards, and their sockets of silver are sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:25Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:25
Exodus 26:25 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:25
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- Exodus 26:25
Exposition: Exodus 26:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:26
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ בְרִיחִם עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים חֲמִשָּׁה לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָאֶחָֽד׃ve'ashiyta-veriychim-'atzey-shitiym-chamishah-leqareshey-tzela'-hamishekhan-ha'echad
KJV: And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
AKJV: And you shall make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
ASV: And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
YLT: `And thou hast made bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:26Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:26
Exodus 26:26 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:26
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- Exodus 26:26
Exposition: Exodus 26:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:27
Hebrew
וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶֽלַע־הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְרִיחִם לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן לַיַּרְכָתַיִם יָֽמָּה׃vachamishah-veriychim-leqareshey-tzela'-hamishekhan-hasheniyt-vachamishah-veriychim-leqareshey-tzela'-hamishekhan-layarekhatayim-yamah
KJV: And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
AKJV: And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
ASV: and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward.
YLT: and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle at the two sides, westward;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:27Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:27
Exodus 26:27 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:27
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- Exodus 26:27
Exposition: Exodus 26:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:28
Hebrew
וְהַבְּרִיחַ הַתִּיכֹן בְּתוֹךְ הַקְּרָשִׁים מַבְרִחַ מִן־הַקָּצֶה אֶל־הַקָּצֶֽה׃vehaveriycha-hatiykhon-vetvokhe-haqerashiym-mavericha-min-haqatzeh-'el-haqatzeh
KJV: And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
AKJV: And the middle bar in the middle of the boards shall reach from end to end.
ASV: And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
YLT: and one hath caused the middle bar in the midst of the boards to reach from end unto end;
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:28Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:28
Exodus 26:28 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:28
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- Exodus 26:28
Exposition: Exodus 26:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:29
Hebrew
וְֽאֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁים תְּצַפֶּה זָהָב וְאֶת־טַבְּעֹֽתֵיהֶם תַּעֲשֶׂה זָהָב בָּתִּים לַבְּרִיחִם וְצִפִּיתָ אֶת־הַבְּרִיחִם זָהָֽב׃ve'et-haqerashiym-tetzafeh-zahav-ve'et-tave'oteyhem-ta'asheh-zahav-vatiym-laveriychim-vetzifiyta-'et-haveriychim-zahav
KJV: And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
AKJV: And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
ASV: And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
YLT: and the boards thou dost overlay with gold, and their rings thou dost make of gold places for bars, and hast overlaid their bars with gold;
Commentary WitnessExodus 26:29Quoted commentary witness
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Exodus 26:29
Verse 29 Thou shalt overlay the boards with gold - It is not said how thick the gold was by which these boards, etc., were overlaid; it was no doubt done with gold plates, but these must have been very thin, else the boards, etc., must have been insupportably heavy. The gold was probably something like our gold leaf, but not brought to so great a degree of tenuity.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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Exodus 26:29
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Exposition: Exodus 26:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:30
Hebrew
וַהֲקֵמֹתָ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּמִשְׁפָּטוֹ אֲשֶׁר הָרְאֵיתָ בָּהָֽר׃vahaqemota-'et-hamishekhan-khemishefatvo-'asher-hare'eyta-vahar
KJV: And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
AKJV: And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed you in the mount. ¶
ASV: And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.
YLT: and thou hast raised up the tabernacle according to its fashion which thou hast been shewn in the mount.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:30Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:30
Exodus 26:30 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:30
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- Exodus 26:30
Exposition: Exodus 26:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:31
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ פָרֹכֶת תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ כְּרֻבִֽים׃ve'ashiyta-farokhet-tekhelet-ve'aregaman-vetvola'at-shaniy-veshesh-mashezar-ma'asheh-choshev-ya'asheh-'otah-kheruviym
KJV: And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
AKJV: And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall it be made:
ASV: And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made:
YLT: `And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it with cherubs;
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Exodus 26:31
Verse 31 Thou shalt make a veil - פרכת parocheth, from פרך parach, to break or rend; the inner veil of the tabernacle or temple, (2Chr 3:14), which broke, interrupted, or divided between the holy place and the most holy; the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was standing. Compare Heb 9:8. The Septuagint constantly render it by καταπετασμα. Does not the Hebrew name פרכת parocheth moreover intimate the typical correspondence of this veil to the body or flesh of Christ? For this καταπετασμα or veil was his flesh, (Heb 10:20), which, being rent, affords us a new and living way into the holiest of all, i.e., into heaven itself. Compare Heb 10:19, Heb 10:20; Heb 9:24. And accordingly when his blessed body was rent upon the cross, this veil also (το καταπετασμα του ἱερου) εσχισθη, was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; Mat 27:51 - See Parkhurst, under the word פרך. The veil in the tabernacle was exceedingly costly; it was made of the same materials with the inner covering, blue, purple, scarlet, fine twined linen, embroidered with cherubim, etc. It served to divide the tabernacle into two parts: one, the outermost, called the holy place; the other, or innermost, called the holy of holies, or the most holy place. In this was deposited the ark of the covenant, and the other things that were laid up by way of memorial. Into this the high priest alone was permitted to enter, and that only once in the year, on the great day of atonement. It was in this inner place that Jehovah manifested himself between the cherubim. The Jews say that this veil was four fingers' breadth in thickness, in order to prevent any person from seeing through it; but for this, as Calmet observes, there was no necessity, as there was no window or place for light in the tabernacle, and consequently the most simple veil would have been sufficient to obstruct the discovery of any thing behind it, which could only be discerned by the light that came in at the door, or by that afforded by the golden candlestick which stood on the outside of this veil.
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Canonical locus
Exodus 26:31
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- 2Chr 3:14
- Heb 9:8
- Heb 10:20
- Heb 10:19
- Heb 9:24
- Mat 27:51
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- See Parkhurst
Exposition: Exodus 26:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:32
Hebrew
וְנָתַתָּה אֹתָהּ עַל־אַרְבָּעָה עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים מְצֻפִּים זָהָב וָוֵיהֶם זָהָב עַל־אַרְבָּעָה אַדְנֵי־כָֽסֶף׃venatatah-'otah-'al-'areva'ah-'amvdey-shitiym-metzufiym-zahav-vaveyhem-zahav-'al-'areva'ah-'adeney-khasef
KJV: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
AKJV: And you shall hang it on four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, on the four sockets of silver. ¶
ASV: and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
YLT: and thou hast put it on four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold, their pegs are of gold, on four sockets of silver.
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Exodus 26:32
Verse 32 Their hooks shall be of gold - וויהם vaveyhem, which we translate their hooks, is rendered κεφαλιδες, capitals, by the Septuagint, and capita by the Vulgate. As the word וו vav or vau, plural ווים vavim, occurs only in this book, Exo 26:32, Exo 26:37; Exo 27:10, Exo 27:11, Exo 27:17; Exo 36:36, Exo 36:38; Exo 38:10, Exo 38:11, Exo 38:12, Exo 38:17, Exo 38:19, Exo 38:28; and is used in these places in reference to the same subject, it is very difficult to ascertain its precise meaning. Most commentators and lexicographers think that the ideal meaning of the word is to connect, attach, join to, hook; and that the letter ו vau has its name from its hooklike form, and its use as a particle in the Hebrew language, because it serves to connect the words and members of a sentence, and the sentences of a discourse together, and that therefore hook must be the obvious meaning of the word in all the above texts. Calmet thinks this reason of no weight, because the ו vau of the present Hebrew alphabet is widely dissimilar from the vau of the primitive Hebrew alphabet, as may be seen on the ancient shekels; on these the characters appear as in the word Jehovah, Exo 28:36. This form bears no resemblance to a hook; nor does the Samaritan vau, which appears to have been copied from this ancient character. Calmet therefore contends, 1. That if Moses does not mean the capitals of the pillars by the ווים eht vavim of the text, he mentions them nowhere; and it would be strange that while he describes the pillars, their sockets, bases, fillets, etc., etc., with so much exactness, as will appear on consulting the preceding places, that he should make no mention of the capitals; or that pillars, every way so correctly formed, should have been destitute of this very necessary ornament. 2. As Moses was commanded to make the hooks, ווים vavim, of the pillars and their fillets of silver, Exo 27:10, Exo 27:11, and the hooks, vavim, of the pillars of the veil of gold, Exo 36:36; and as one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels were employed in making these hooks, vavim, overlaying their chapiters, ראשיהם rasheyhem, their heads, and filleting them, Exo 38:28; it is more reasonable to suppose that all this is spoken of the capitals of the pillars than of any kind of hooks, especially as hooks are mentioned under the word taches or clasps in other places. On the whole it appears much more reasonable to translate the original by capitals than by hooks. After this verse the Samaritan Pentateuch introduces the ten first verses of Exodus 30, and this appears to be their proper place. Those ten verses are not repeated in the thirtieth chapter in the Samaritan, the chapter beginning with the 11th verse.
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Exodus 26:32
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Moses
- Jehovah
- Samaritan
Exposition: Exodus 26:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:33
Hebrew
וְנָתַתָּה אֶת־הַפָּרֹכֶת תַּחַת הַקְּרָסִים וְהֵבֵאתָ שָׁמָּה מִבֵּית לַפָּרֹכֶת אֵת אֲרוֹן הָעֵדוּת וְהִבְדִּילָה הַפָּרֹכֶת לָכֶם בֵּין הַקֹּדֶשׁ וּבֵין קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃venatatah-'et-hafarokhet-tachat-haqerasiym-veheve'ta-shamah-miveyt-lafarokhet-'et-'arvon-ha'edvt-vehivediylah-hafarokhet-lakhem-veyn-haqodesh-vveyn-qodesh-haqodashiym
KJV: And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
AKJV: And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide to you between the holy place and the most holy.
ASV: And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
YLT: `And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:33Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:33
Exodus 26:33 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exodus 26:33
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- Exodus 26:33
Exposition: Exodus 26:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:34
Hebrew
וְנָתַתָּ אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת עַל אֲרוֹן הָעֵדֻת בְּקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃venatata-'et-hakhaforet-'al-'arvon-ha'edut-veqodesh-haqodashiym
KJV: And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
AKJV: And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
ASV: And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
YLT: `And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:34Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:34
Exodus 26:34 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:34
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- Exodus 26:34
Exposition: Exodus 26:34 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:35
Hebrew
וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־הַשֻּׁלְחָן מִחוּץ לַפָּרֹכֶת וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה נֹכַח הַשֻּׁלְחָן עַל צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן תֵּימָנָה וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן תִּתֵּן עַל־צֶלַע צָפֽוֹן׃veshameta-'et-hashulechan-michvtz-lafarokhet-ve'et-hamenorah-nokhach-hashulechan-'al-tzela'-hamishekhan-teymanah-vehashulechan-titen-'al-tzela'-tzafvon
KJV: And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
AKJV: And you shall set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.
ASV: And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
YLT: `And thou hast set the table at the outside of the vail, and the candlestick over-against the table on the side of the tabernacle southward, and the table thou dost put on the north side.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:35Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:35
Exodus 26:35 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:35
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- Exodus 26:35
Exposition: Exodus 26:35 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:36
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ מָסָךְ לְפֶתַח הָאֹהֶל תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵֽם׃ve'ashiyta-masakhe-lefetach-ha'ohel-tekhelet-ve'aregaman-vetvola'at-shaniy-veshesh-mashezar-ma'asheh-roqem
KJV: And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
AKJV: And you shall make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, worked with needlework.
ASV: And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
YLT: `And thou hast made a covering for the opening of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer;
Commentary WitnessExodus 26:36Quoted commentary witness
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Exodus 26:36
Verse 36 A hanging for the door of the tent - This may be called the first veil, as it occupied the door or entrance to the tabernacle; the veil that separated the holy place from the holy of holies is called the second veil, Heb 9:3. These two veils and the inner covering of the tabernacle were all of the same materials, and of the same workmanship. See Exo 27:16. 1. For the meaning and design of the tabernacle see Clarke's note on Exo 25:40 : and while the reader is struck with the curious and costly nature of this building, as described by Moses, let him consider how pure and holy that Church should be of which it was a very expressive type; and what manner of person he should be in all holy conversation and godliness, who professes to be a member of that Church for which, it is written, Christ has given himself, that he might sanctify and cleanse it; that he might present it unto himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. See Eph 5:25-27. 2. In the Jewish tabernacle almost every thing was placed out of the sight of the people. The holy of holies was inaccessible, the testimony was comparatively hidden, as were also the mercy-seat and the Divine glory. Under the Gospel all these things are laid open, the way to the holiest is made manifest, the veil is rent, and we have an entrance to the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; Heb 10:19, Heb 10:20. How abundantly has God brought life and immortality to light by the Gospel! The awful distance is abolished, the ministry of reconciliation is proclaimed, the kingdom of heaven is opened to all believers, and the Lord is in his holy temple. Sinner, weary of thyself and thy transgressions, fainting under the load of thy iniquities, look to Jesus; he died for thee, and will save thee. Believer, stand fast in the liberty wherewith God has made thee free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage.
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Canonical locus
Exodus 26:36
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Heb 9:3
- Eph 5:25-27
- Heb 10:19
- Heb 10:20
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Clarke
- Moses
- Jesus
- Church
- Sinner
- Believer
Exposition: Exodus 26:36 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Exodus 26:37
Hebrew
וְעָשִׂיתָ לַמָּסָךְ חֲמִשָּׁה עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים וְצִפִּיתָ אֹתָם זָהָב וָוֵיהֶם זָהָב וְיָצַקְתָּ לָהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה אַדְנֵי נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ve'ashiyta-lamasakhe-chamishah-'amvdey-shitiym-vetzifiyta-'otam-zahav-vaveyhem-zahav-veyatzaqeta-lahem-chamishah-'adeney-nechoshet
KJV: And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
AKJV: And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
ASV: And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
YLT: and thou hast made for the covering five pillars of shittim wood , and hast overlaid them with gold, their pegs are of gold, and thou hast cast for them five sockets of brass.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Exodus 26:37Generated editorial synthesis
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Exodus 26:37
Exodus 26:37 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exodus 26:37
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- Exodus 26:37
Exposition: Exodus 26:37 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Exodus 26:1
- Exodus 26:2
- Exodus 26:3
- Exodus 26:4
- Exodus 26:5
- Exodus 26:6
- Exodus 26:7
- Exodus 26:8
- Exodus 26:9
- Exodus 26:10
- Exodus 26:11
- Exodus 26:12
- Exodus 26:13
- Exodus 26:14
- Exodus 26:15
- Exodus 26:16
- Exodus 26:17
- Exodus 26:18
- Exodus 26:19
- Exodus 26:20
- Exodus 26:21
- Exodus 26:22
- Exodus 26:23
- Exodus 26:24
- Exodus 26:25
- Exodus 26:26
- Exodus 26:27
- Exodus 26:28
- Exodus 26:29
- Exodus 26:30
- 2Chr 3:14
- Heb 9:8
- Heb 10:20
- Heb 10:19
- Heb 9:24
- Mat 27:51
- Exodus 26:31
- Exodus 26:32
- Exodus 26:33
- Exodus 26:34
- Exodus 26:35
- Heb 9:3
- Eph 5:25-27
- Exodus 26:36
- Exodus 26:37
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Clarke
- Boards
- Jehovah
- Egypt
- Egyptians
- Nilotica
- Dr
- Septuagint
- See Parkhurst
- Vulgate
- Moses
- Samaritan
- Jesus
- Church
- Sinner
- Believer
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Deuteronomy
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Joshua
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Judges
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Ruth
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1 Samuel
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2 Samuel
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1 Kings
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2 Kings
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1 Chronicles
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2 Chronicles
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Ezra
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Nehemiah
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Esther
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Job
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Psalms
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Proverbs
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Ecclesiastes
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Song of Solomon
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Isaiah
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Jeremiah
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Lamentations
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Ezekiel
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Daniel
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Hosea
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Joel
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Amos
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Obadiah
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Jonah
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Micah
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Nahum
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Habakkuk
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Zephaniah
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Haggai
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Zechariah
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Malachi
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Matthew
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Mark
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Luke
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John
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Acts
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Romans
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1 Corinthians
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2 Corinthians
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Galatians
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Ephesians
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Philippians
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Colossians
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1 Thessalonians
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2 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
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2 Timothy
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Titus
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Philemon
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Hebrews
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James
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1 Peter
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2 Peter
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1 John
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2 John
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3 John
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Jude
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Revelation
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Commentary Witness
Exodus 26:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Exodus 26:1
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