Exodus 26 · Verse 33

Exodus 26:33

And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Exodus 26:33, King James Version

Exodus 26:33 in other translations

BSBAnd hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
WEBYou shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the covenant in there within the veil. The veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
ASVAnd thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
YLT‘And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.
DARBYAnd thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy place and the holiest of all.
BBEAnd you are to put up the veil under the hooks, and put inside it the ark of the law: the veil is to be a division between the holy place and the most holy.
WebsterAnd thou shalt hang the vail under the buttons, that thou mayst bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide to you between the holy place and the most holy.

What does Exodus 26:33 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 26:31-37

A vail, or curtain, separated the holy place from the most holy place. It was hung upon pillars. This vail was for a partition between the holy place and the most holy; which forbade any to look into the holiest of all. The apostle tells what was the meaning of this vail, He 9:8. That the ceremonial law could not make the comers thereunto perfect, nor would the observance of it bring men to heaven; the way into the…

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Exodus 26:33 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.

וְנָתַתָּ֣הve.na.ta.Tahand you will putH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַפָּרֹכֶת֮ha.pa.ro.Khetthe curtainH6532
תַּ֣חַתTa.chatunderH8478
הַקְּרָסִים֒ha.ke.ra.Simthe hooksH7165
וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ve.he.ve.Taand you will bringH935
שָׁ֙מָּה֙Sha.mahthere <towards>H8033
מִבֵּ֣יתmi.Beitfrom insideH1004
לַפָּרֹ֔כֶתla.pa.Ro.khetto the curtainH6532
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727
הָעֵד֑וּתha.'e.Dutthe testimonyH5715
וְהִבְדִּילָ֤הve.hiv.di.Lahand it will separateH914
הַפָּרֹ֙כֶת֙ha.pa.Ro.khetthe curtainH6532
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemfor <the> you
בֵּ֣יןbeinbetweenH996
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944
וּבֵ֖יןu.Veinand betweenH996
קֹ֥דֶשׁKo.desh[the] holy place ofH6944
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים\׃ha.ko.da.Shimthe holy placesH6944

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Cross references for Exodus 26:33

  • Hebrews 9:2-3

    For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

  • Leviticus 16:2

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

  • Exodus 40:21

    And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Exodus 25:16

    And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

  • Genesis 9:4-5

    But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:7-10

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims: For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

  • 1 Kings 8:6

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

  • Exodus 27:10

    And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

  • Exodus 36:36

    And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

  • 1 Kings 8:10

    And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the taches.
27:10; 36:36
within the vail.
Ge 9:4,5
the ark of the testimony.
25:16; 40:21
the holy place.
Le 16:2; 1Ki 8:6,10; 2Ch 5:7-10; Heb 9:2,3

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Context

  • Exodus 26:32

    And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

  • Exodus 26:33

    And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

  • Exodus 26:34

    And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

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Exodus 26:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pondrás el velo debajo de los corchetes, y meterás allí, del velo adentro, el arca del testimonio; y aquel velo os hará separación entre el lugar santo y el santísimo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu mettras le voile au-dessous des agrafes, et tu mettras là, au-dedans du voile, l’arche du témoignage; et le voile fera séparation pour vous entre le lieu saint et le lieu très saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und hänge den Vorhang auf unter die Klammern; und bringe dorthin, innerhalb des Vorhanges, die Lade des Zeugnisses. Und der Vorhang soll euch eine Scheidung machen zwischen dem Heiligen und dem Allerheiligsten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Inseretur autem velum per circulos, intra quod pones arcam testimonii, quo et sanctuarium, et sanctuarii sanctuaria dividentur.