KJV King James Version
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.
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Exodus 26:4
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling; and likewise you shall make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second coupling.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second.
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and [other] five curtains [shall be] coupled one to another.
4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.
5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that [is] in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
7 And thou shalt make curtains [of] goats’ [hair] to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
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וְעָשִׂ֜יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doלֻֽלְאֹ֣תH3924 · lu.layloopתְּכֵ֗לֶתH8504 · te.khe.letblueעַ֣לH5921 · aluponשְׂפַ֤תH8193 · sa.phahlipsהַיְרִיעָה֙H3407 · ye.ri.ahcurtainהָאֶחָ֔תH259 · e.chadoneמִקָּצָ֖הH7098 · qa.tsahendבַּחֹבָ֑רֶתH2279 · cho.ve.retsetוְכֵ֤ןH3651 · kenrightתַּעֲשֶׂה֙H6213 · a.sahto make: doבִּשְׂפַ֣תH8193 · sa.phahlipsהַיְרִיעָ֔הH3407 · ye.ri.ahcurtainהַקִּ֣יצוֹנָ֔הH7020 · qi.tsonoutermostבַּמַּחְבֶּ֖רֶתH4225 · mach.be.retjoiningהַשֵּׁנִֽית׃H8145 · she.nisecond
Cross-references
Exodus 36:11-12And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second.Exodus 26:10-11And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain [that is] outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.Exodus 36:17And 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.Exodus 26:5Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that [is] in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.
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