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Exodus 26:2
Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God gives Moses construction specifications for the tabernacle's fabric structure, detailing the exact dimensions required for each of the ten curtains.
The words — The Hebrew אֹרֶךְ ('O.rekh) denotes length and רֹ֙חַב֙ (Ro.chav) denotes breadth, establishing that each יְרִיעָ֣ה (y.ri.'Ah), or curtain, measures twenty-eight cubits by four.
The thread — These identical curtains are later cataloged among items to be transported (Numbers 4:25) and later function as a structural contrast to David's cedar residence (2 Samuel 7:2; 1 Chronicles 17:1).
Why it lands — The text states a requirement for uniform measurements and precise replication, demanding strict adherence to divine specifications rather than human variation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
Cross-references
- Numbers 4:25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- 2 Samuel 7:2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
- Exodus 26:7 You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.