Exodus Chapter 26 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 26:3

Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and `the other' five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
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BBE Exodus 26:3

Five curtains are to be joined together, and the other five are to be joined together.
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DARBY Exodus 26:3

Five of the curtains shall be coupled one to another, and [the other] five curtains coupled one to another.
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KJV Exodus 26:3

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
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WBT Exodus 26:3

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
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WEB Exodus 26:3

Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
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YLT Exodus 26:3

five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - When the ten "breadths" had been woven, five were to be sewn together to form one portion of the awning, and the other five to form another portion, the reason for this being, probably, that if all the ten breadths had been sewn together, the awning would have been too cumbrous to have been readily folded together, or easily conveyed when the people journeyed.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) The five curtains.--It is anomalous that the article should be used here. Probably it has crept in from "the curtains" of the preceding verse. The meaning is that five "breadths" should be sewn together to form one curtain, and five other "breadths" to form another, and then that the two curtains so formed should be joined into one by means of "loops" and "taches." The object of making two curtains instead of one was clearly portability. The entire covering would have been too heavy and too bulky to be conveniently carried in one piece.