King James Version
Exodus 36:15 in the King James Version says “The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 36 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.”
Exodus 36:15 · KJV
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.
And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
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“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
“cubits”
H520properly, a mother (i.e., unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e., a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
“size”
H4060properly, extension, i.e., height or breadth; specifically, tribute (as measured)
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