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Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
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A Practical, Portable Design
Commentators explain that the ten individual curtains were first sewn into two large sections of five. This design was not arbitrary; it served a practical purpose. A single, massive curtain would have been too heavy and bulky to transport. This two-part construction made the Tabernacle portable for Israel's journey.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(). The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts: the tabernacle (Exodus 26:1–6), more strictly speaking; its tent ([Reference Exodu…
19th Century
Anglican
The five curtains. —It is anomalous that the article should be used here. Probably it has crept in from “the curtains” of the prec…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another , &c.] Five of the ten curtains were to be sewed together,…
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