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Designed for Unity
The detailed instructions for fifty loops on each of the two great curtains, designed to correspond perfectly, had a specific purpose. As one commentator notes, this was so "the tabernacle shall be one." This meticulous joining of two halves into a single whole emphasizes God's desire for unity in His dwelling place, a powerful symbol for the Church.
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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 26:1–37
19th Century
Bishop
THE TABERNACLE.
The sacred tent which was to form the “House of God,” or temple, for Israel during the people's time in the…
John Gill
On Exodus 26:5
17th Century
Pastor
Fifty loops you shall make in the one curtain; In the first great curtain, or in the outermost of the five that were sewe…
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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…