Exodus 26 · Verse 13

Exodus 26:13

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

Exodus 26:13, King James Version

Exodus 26:13 in other translations

BSB	And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.
WEB	The cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
ASV	And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
YLT	and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it;
DARBY	And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
BBE	And the cubit which is over of the ten curtains at the sides will be hanging over the two sides of the House as a cover.
Webster	And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

What does Exodus 26:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 26:7-13

7-13. curtains of goats' hair--These coarse curtains were to be one more in number than the others, and to extend a yard lower on each side, the use of them being to protect and conceal the richer curtains.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 26:7-14

The curtains of meaner materials, being made both longer and broader, covered the others, and were defended by coverings of skins. The whole represents the person and doctrine of Christ, and the church of true Christians, and all heavenly things, which outwardly are mean, but inwardly, and in the sight of God, are glorious and precious.

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Exodus 26:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָאַמָּ֨הve.ha.'a.Mahand the cubitH520

מִזֶּ֜הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088

וְהָאַמָּ֤הve.ha.'a.Mahand the cubitH520

מִזֶּה֙mi.Zehfrom thisH2088

בָּעֹדֵ֔ףba.'o.Defin the surplusH5736

בְּאֹ֖רֶךְbe.'O.rekhin [the] length ofH753

יְרִיעֹ֣תye.ri.'Ot[the] curtains ofH3407

הָאֹ֑הֶלha.'O.helthe tentH168

יִהְיֶ֨הyih.Yehit will beH1961

סָר֜וּחַsa.Ru.achprojectingH5628

עַל\־'al-overH5921

צִדֵּ֧יtzi.Dei[the] sides ofH6654

הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908

מִזֶּ֥הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088

וּמִזֶּ֖הu.mi.Zehand from thisH2088

לְכַסֹּתֽוֹ\׃le.kha.so.Toto cover itH3680

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 26:13

Exodus 26:2
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
Exodus 26:8
The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a cubit.
2,8
of that which remaineth. Heb. in the remainder orsurplusage.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Exodus 26:12
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
Exodus 26:13
And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
Exodus 26:14
And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

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Exodus 26:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y un codo de la una parte, y otro codo de la otra que sobra en la longitud de las cortinas de la tienda, cargará sobre los lados del tabernáculo de la una parte y de la otra, para cubrirlo.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	et la coudée deçà, et la coudée delà, qui est de surplus dans la longueur des tapis de la tente, pendront sur les côtés du tabernacle, deçà et delà, pour le couvrir.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und die Elle diesseits und die Elle jenseits, von dem, was übrig ist an der Länge der Teppiche des Zeltes, soll über die Seiten der Wohnung hangen, diesseits und jenseits, sie zu bedecken.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et cubitus ex una parte pendebit, et alter ex altera qui plus est in sagorum longitudine, utrumque latus tabernaculi protegens.