KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 26:5
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one to another.
ASV American Standard Version
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 second coupling; the loops shall be opposite one to another.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which is in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another;
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
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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חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםH2572 · cha.mish.shimfiftyלֻֽלָאֹ֗תH3924 · lu.layloopתַּעֲשֶׂה֮H6213 · a.sahto make: doבַּיְרִיעָ֣הH3407 · ye.ri.ahcurtainהָאֶחָת֒H259 · e.chadoneוַחֲמִשִּׁ֣יםH2572 · cha.mish.shimfiftyלֻֽלָאֹ֗תH3924 · lu.layloopתַּעֲשֶׂה֙H6213 · a.sahto make: doבִּקְצֵ֣הH7097 · qa.tsehendהַיְרִיעָ֔הH3407 · ye.ri.ahcurtainאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichבַּמַּחְבֶּ֣רֶתH4225 · mach.be.retjoiningהַשֵּׁנִ֑יתH8145 · she.nisecondמַקְבִּילֹת֙H6901 · qa.valto receiveהַלֻּ֣לָאֹ֔תH3924 · lu.layloopאִשָּׁ֖הH802 · ish.shahwomanאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֲחֹתָֽהּ׃H269 · a.chotsister
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