King James Version
Exodus 36:14 in the King James Version says “And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.”
Exodus 36:14 · KJV
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.
And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
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“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
“over 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
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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