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Exodus 36:12
He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses relays divine instructions to the Israelite craftsmen during the tabernacle construction. The text records the artisans' execution of the blue-loop specifications for the two sets of tabernacle curtains.
The words — The Hebrew לֻלָאֹת (lu.la.'ot) denotes the specific fabric loops fashioned along the curtain edges. The verb עָשָׂה ('a.sah) records the craftsmen's act of making fifty of these loops for each designated curtain.
The thread — The same loop-counting instruction appears in the earlier construction mandate at Exodus 26:5 and Exodus 26:10. These passages establish the parallel framework that Exodus 36:12 now executes.
Why it lands — The verse demands precise alignment of the curtain sections before the clasps fasten them together. A reader must note that structural unity depends on the careful preparation of each individual component.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
Cross-references
- Exodus 26:5 Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
- Exodus 26:10 Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.