Exodus 26:1

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.

² 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.

³ The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
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.
WEB: “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall make them with the work of a skillful workman.
ASV: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.
DARBY: And thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them.
BLB: [“] And you shall make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains of finely woven linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn; [with] cherubim, the work of a designer, you shall make them.

ÅB: Tabernaklet skal du gjøre av ti tepper av fint, tvunnet lingarn og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull; du skal gjøre dem med kjeruber på i kunstvevning.
OTB: "Bygg tabernaklet med ti tepper av fint tvunnet lin og blått, purpur og skarlagenrødt garn, med kjeruber laget av en dyktig håndverker.
B1930: Tabernaklet skal du gjøre av ti tepper av fint, tvunnet lingarn og blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull; du skal gjøre dem med kjeruber på i kunstvevning.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 36:8–19
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
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Exodus 26:36
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
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Exodus 26:31
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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Exodus 36:35
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
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Exodus 25:18
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
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Hebrews 9:23–24
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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1 Chronicles 17:1
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
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Exodus 40:17–19
And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
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