Exodus 26 · Verse 7

Exodus 26:7

And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
Exodus 26:7, King James Version

Exodus 26:7 in other translations

BSBYou are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
WEB“You shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.
ASVAnd thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
YLT‘And thou hast made curtains of goats' hair, for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains:
DARBYAnd thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.
BBEAnd you are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the House, eleven curtains.
WebsterAnd thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

What does Exodus 26:7 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Curtains of goats' hair - Stuff made of goats' hair. See Clarke's note on Exo 25:4. This was the second covering.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Exodus 26:7 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.

וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
יְרִיעֹ֣תye.ri.'Otcurtains ofH3407
עִזִּ֔ים'i.Zimgoat hair<s>H5795
לְאֹ֖הֶלle.'O.helinto a tentH168
עַל\־'al-overH5921
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908
עַשְׁתֵּי\־'ash.tei-one [plus]H6249
עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה'es.RehtenH6240
יְרִיעֹ֖תye.ri.'OtcurtainsH3407
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.Sehyou will makeH6213
אֹתָֽם\׃'o.Tam<obj.> themH853

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

Cross references for Exodus 26:7

  • Exodus 26:14

    And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

  • Psalms 45:13

    The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  • Exodus 26:1

    Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

  • Exodus 35:23

    And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought them.

  • Exodus 25:4

    And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

  • 1 Peter 3:4

    But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  • Exodus 35:26

    And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.

  • Numbers 31:20

    And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.

  • 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 35:6

    And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,

  • Exodus 36:14-18

    And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
curtains.
35:26; 36:14-18; Nu 4:25; Ps 45:13; 1Pe 3:4; 5:5
goats' hair.{Izzim,} goats, but used here elliptically for goats' hair. In different parts of Asia Minor, Syria, Cilicia, and Phrygia, the goats have long, fine, and beautiful hair; in some cases, almost as fine as silk, which is shorn at proper times, and manufactured into garments.
25:4; 35:6,23; Nu 31:20
a.
14; Isa 4:5
eleven.
1,9,12

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Context

  • Exodus 26:6

    And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

  • Exodus 26:7

    And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

  • 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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Exodus 26:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Harás asimismo cortinas de pelo de cabras para una cubierta sobre el tabernáculo; once cortinas harás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu feras des tapis de poil de chèvre pour une tente qui sera par-dessus le tabernacle; tu feras onze de ces tapis;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du sollst Teppiche von Ziegenhaar machen zum Zelte über die Wohnung; elf solcher Teppiche sollst du machen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Facies et saga cilicina undecim, ad operiendum tectum tabernaculi.