Bible Strands
Exodus 26:3
Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Moses with precise architectural instructions for the tabernacle’s outer covering during the Israelite wilderness journey.
The words — The Hebrew חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת (choe.Rot) means “joined,” and the phrase אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָ֑הּ ('i.Shah el-'a.cho.Ta/h) literally renders “each to its sister.”
The thread — This five-and-five joining pattern reappears in Exodus 26:9 and Exodus 36:10, while the structural unity motif resurfaces in John 17:21.
Why it lands — The text first commands the physical fastening of separate panels into a single covering, then requires the reader to practice deliberate, ordered cooperation rather than independent action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
Cross-references
- Exodus 26:9 Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.
- Exodus 36:10 And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.
- John 17:21 that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- 1 Corinthians 12:4 There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:12 The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- Ephesians 2:21 In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
- Ephesians 4:3 and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
- Ephesians 4:16 From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
- Colossians 2:2 that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
- Colossians 2:19 He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.