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Exodus 26:13
And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh gives Moses detailed architectural instructions for the tabernacle’s tent during the wilderness construction phase.
The words — אמה ('amah) translates to cubit, and עודף ('odef) denotes the surplus or excess length of the fabric.
The thread — The specified measurement aligns with the twenty-eight and thirty-cubit curtain lengths in Exodus 26:2 and Exodus 26:8, while directly continuing the coverage instructions from Exodus 26:12 and Exodus 26:14.
Why it lands — The text specifies that the curtains must extend one cubit past the frame on each side to fully cover the tabernacle walls, requiring exact measurement and material allocation during construction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 26:2 Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.
- Exodus 26:8 Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.