The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
Parallel translations
- WEB Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
- BSB Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.
- NKJV Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
- NASB Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.
- NLT Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain.
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Quick answer
The ten curtains were joined into two sets of five, each set coupled together. This formed two large panels that would then be linked into one unified covering.
Overview
By coupling five curtains to five, the craftsmen created two manageable sections to be united over the tabernacle frame. The detailed assembly underscores both the care of the workmanship and the theme of unity that runs through the structure. The many parts joined into one whole quietly foreshadow the one people God forms from many, united in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Col 2:19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
- Exod 26:9And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
- 1 Cor 12:4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
- Eph 2:21–22In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
- Eph 4:3–6Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
- John 17:21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- 1 Cor 12:12–27For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
- Col 2:2That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
- Exod 36:10And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
- Eph 4:16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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