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The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
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Faithfulness in the Details
Commentators note that the description of the curtains in this verse almost exactly repeats the instructions given earlier in Exodus. This highlights the builders' meticulous faithfulness. As Matthew Henry suggests, their exactness in following God's detailed blueprint serves as a model for our own service to God, showing that obedience often lies in carefully handling the specific tasks He gives us.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
The construction of the outer covering of goats’ hair follows, and is expressed in terms nearly identical with those used in Exodus 26:7-11.[Refere…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Exodus 36:8)
Presbyterian
The readiness and zeal with which these builders set about their work, the exactness with which they performed it, and the faithfulness with which …