King James Version
Exodus 26:3 in the King James Version says “The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.”
Exodus 26:3 · KJV
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet : with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. of cunning: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer
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.
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall be coupled”
H2266to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
“to another”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
“shall be coupled”
H2266to join (literally or figuratively); specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate
“to another”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
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