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The Ten Curtains for the Tabernacle

Exodus 26:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.
KJV
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
WEB
Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
ASV
Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
LSV
five of the curtains are joining to one another, and five curtains are joining to one another.
YLT
five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another.
DBY
Five of the curtains shall be coupled one to another, and [the other] five curtains coupled one to another.
DRC
Five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five shall be coupled together in like manner.
GNV
Fiue curtaines shalbe coupled one to an other: and the other fiue curtaines shall be coupled one to another.
JPS
Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
LXXE
And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
חֲמֵ֣שׁ הַיְרִיעֹ֗ת תִּֽהְיֶ֨יןָ֙ חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָ֑הּ וְחָמֵ֤שׁ יְרִיעֹת֙ חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃
LXX-Br
Πέντε δὲ αὐλαῖαι ἔσονται ἐξ ἀλλήλων ἐχόμεναι ἡ ἑτέρα ἐκ τῆς ἑτέρας· καὶ πέντε αὐλαῖαι ἔσονται συνεχόμεναι ἑτέρα τῇ ἑτέρᾳ.

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◆ Tabernacle Built

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Colossians 2:2that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
  • 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
  • Ephesians 2:21–22In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.
  • Ephesians 4:3–6and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God…
  • John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  • Exodus 26:9Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.
  • Exodus 36:10And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12–27The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks,…
  • Ephesians 4:16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.
  • Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

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