seekeroftruth
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Exodus 26:26 “Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by a skilled worker. 2 All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] 3 Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five. 4 Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set. 5 Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 6 Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.
Exodus 26:2 That is, about 42 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 13 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
I don't know about you, but I need a picture of what I'm making. It helps me understand the pattern.
This is from easy English commentary.
Oholiab, from the family called Dan, was one of the skilful workers. He designed and sewed the curtains out of linen of good quality (Exodus 38:23). The curtains were blue, purple and red with a pattern of heavenly figures. The workers had to sew the curtains together into sets of 5. Then they bent thin metal bars into hooks to join the edges of the 2 curtains. They attached cloth rings. These hooks must fit into the cloth rings. Then the tent or tabernacle was one piece.
I have to keep reminding myself that this is God's instruction given to Moses on Mt. Sinai before the Ten Commandments are brought down the mountain to give them to the Israelites. Aaron, the elders and the 2+ million who left Egypt after the plagues are still waiting for Moses at the bottom of the mountain. The people at the bottom of the mountain can hear God's thunderous voice but they can't quite make out what He's saying. Moses is getting all these instructions. The tablets containing the Ten Commandments are still at the top of the mountain. What I'm trying to describe here is "pre-golden calf".
