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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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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 26:1–37
18th Century
Theologian
(). The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts: the tabernacle (Exodus 26:1–6), more strictly speaking; its tent ([Reference Exodu…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 26:3
19th Century
Bishop
The five curtains. —It is anomalous that the article should be used here. Probably it has crept in from “the curtains” of the prec…
John Gill
On Exodus 26:3
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 26:1–6
17th Century
Minister
God manifested his presence among the Israelites in a tabernacle or tent, because of their condition in the wilderness. God suits the tokens of his…