And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
Parallel translations
- WEB He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
- BSB And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.
- NKJV And he coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.
- NASB He joined five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another.
- NLT Five of these curtains were joined together to make one long curtain, and the other five were joined to make a second long curtain.
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Quick answer
The curtains are joined into two sets of five each.
Overview
The ten curtains are coupled into two larger panels, following the divine blueprint exactly. Each step of assembly shows meticulous obedience to God's instructions. The joining of many curtains into one tabernacle quietly pictures how God unites many into one dwelling place for Himself (Ephesians 2:21-22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 122:3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
- 1 Cor 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- Exod 26:3The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
- Phil 3:15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
- Eph 4:2–6With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
- Phil 2:2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
- 1 Cor 12:20But now are they many members, yet but one body.
- Zeph 3:9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
- Acts 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Eph 1:23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
- Ps 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Eph 2:21–22In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
- 1 Cor 12:27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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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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