KJV King James Version
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 26:8
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
WEB World English Bible
The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
ASV American Standard Version
The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the length of the one curtain is thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure is to the eleven curtains;
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
10 And 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.
11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֹ֣רֶךְ׀H753 · o.rekhlengthהַיְרִיעָ֣הH3407 · ye.ri.ahcurtainהָֽאַחַ֗תH259 · e.chadoneשְׁלֹשִׁים֙H7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyבָּֽאַמָּ֔הH520 · am.mahcubitוְרֹ֙חַב֙H7341 · ro.chavwidthאַרְבַּ֣עH702 · ar.bafourבָּאַמָּ֔הH520 · am.mahcubitהַיְרִיעָ֖הH3407 · ye.ri.ahcurtainהָאֶחָ֑תH259 · e.chadoneמִדָּ֣הH4060 · mid.dahmeasureאַחַ֔תH259 · e.chadoneלְעַשְׁתֵּ֥יH6249 · ash.teelevenעֶשְׂרֵ֖הH6240 · a.sartenיְרִיעֹֽת׃H3407 · ye.ri.ahcurtain
Cross-references
Exodus 26:2The 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 26:13And 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.
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