King James Version
Exodus 26:7 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.”
Exodus 26:7 · KJV
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.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt make”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“of goats”
H5795a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“And thou shalt make”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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