The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains were the same size.
Parallel translations
- WEB The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
- KJV The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
- BSB Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
- NASB The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements.
- NLT These eleven curtains were all exactly the same size—45 feet long and 6 feet wide.
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Quick answer
Each goats'-hair curtain is made to a uniform measure of thirty by four cubits.
Overview
Like the inner curtains, the outer ones are crafted to consistent, exact dimensions per God's design. The slightly larger size allowed this covering to overlap and protect the tabernacle fully. Such precise obedience reflects the reverence due to God in every detail of His worship (Exodus 25:9).
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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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