John Gill Commentary Exodus 26:6

"And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one [whole]." — Exodus 26:6 (ASV)

And you shall make fifty taches of gold
Which some render "buttons" ^F9 , others "hooks" ^F11 they seem to be "clasps"; the use of them follows: and couple the curtains together with the taches ;
the two great curtains were made out of the ten, which have in them fifty

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (yorq) "fibulas", Tigurine version, Vatablus
• F11: "Uncinos", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; so the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan.