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"You shall make curtains of goats` hair for a covering over the tent: eleven curtains shall you make them.
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A Tent for Protection
Commentators explain that the goats' hair curtains formed a durable, weatherproof outer tent. This structure was placed over the more ornate and delicate inner tabernacle made of fine linen. This practical design protected the sacred inner dwelling from the harsh desert sun and rain, demonstrating God's detailed care for His sanctuary.
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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
To be a covering. —Literally, to be a tent. (See the first Note on the chapter.)
Eleven curtains —…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall make curtains of goats' hair Jarchi calls it the flower or down of goats, the softer and finer part of…
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The curtains of inferior materials, being made both longer and broader, covered the others, and were protected by coverings of skins. The whole rep…
