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Exodus 36:13

He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The tabernacle construction narrative describes the craftsman fastening the inner curtains together. The words — וַ/יְחַבֵּ֨ר (va/y.cha.Ber) = and/ he joined; אַחַ֤ת ('a.Chat) = one. The thread — The structural unity of joined components appears in 1 Corinthians 12:20, where many parts form one body. Why it lands — The text records a physical manufacturing step that requires precise alignment of loops and clasps to create a single, stable structure.

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The Hebrew words

וַיַּ֕עַשׂva/i.Ya.'asand/ he madeחֲמִשִּׁ֖יםcha.mi.Shimfiftyקַרְסֵ֣יkar.Seihooks ofזָהָ֑בza.Havgoldוַיְחַבֵּ֨רva/y.cha.Berand/ he joinedאֶת־'et-<obj.>הַיְרִעֹ֜תha/y.ri.'Otthe/ curtainsאַחַ֤ת'a.Chatoneאֶל־'el-toאַחַת֙'a.Chatoneבַּקְּרָסִ֔יםba./ke.ra.Simwith the/ hooksוַֽיְהִ֥יva/y.Hiand/ it wasהַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןha./mish.Kanthe/ tabernacleאֶחָֽד׃ ס'e.Chadone

King James Version

And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

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