Exodus 26:3
New International Version
Join five of the curtains together, and do the same with the other five.

New Living Translation
Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain.

English Standard Version
Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

Berean Standard Bible
Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

King James Bible
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

New King James Version
Five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

New American Standard Bible
Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.

NASB 1995
“Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.

NASB 1977
“Five curtains shall be joined to one another; and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.

Legacy Standard Bible
Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.

Amplified Bible
The five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.

Christian Standard Bible
Five of the curtains should be joined together, and the other five curtains joined together.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Five of the curtains should be joined together, and the other five curtains joined together.

American Standard Version
Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Five curtains will be joined one to one, and five curtains will be joined one to one.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.

Contemporary English Version
and sew them together into two panels with five sections each.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five shall be coupled together in like manner.

English Revised Version
Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Five of the sheets must be sewn together, and the other five must also be sewn together.

Good News Translation
Sew five of them together in one set, and do the same with the other five.

International Standard Version
"Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five curtains are to be joined together.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Literal Standard Version
five of the curtains are joining to one another, and five curtains are joining to one another.

Majority Standard Bible
Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

New American Bible
Five of the sheets are to be joined one to another; and the same for the other five.

NET Bible
Five curtains are to be joined, one to another, and the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another.

New Revised Standard Version
Five curtains shall be joined to one another; and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another.

New Heart English Bible
Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Webster's Bible Translation
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

World English Bible
Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

Young's Literal Translation
five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Ten Curtains of the Tabernacle
2Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size. 3Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well. 4Make 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.…

Cross References
Exodus 26:2
Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide--all curtains the same size.

Exodus 26:4
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.


Treasury of Scripture

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

coupled together

Exodus 26:9
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.

Exodus 36:10
And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

John 17:21
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

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Exodus 26
1. The ten curtains of the tabernacle
7. The eleven curtains of goats' hair, the covering of rams' and badgers' skins.
15. The boards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and bars
31. The veil for the ark
36. The hanging for the door














(3) The five curtains.--It is anomalous that the article should be used here. Probably it has crept in from "the curtains" of the preceding verse. The meaning is that five "breadths" should be sewn together to form one curtain, and five other "breadths" to form another, and then that the two curtains so formed should be joined into one by means of "loops" and "taches." The object of making two curtains instead of one was clearly portability. The entire covering would have been too heavy and too bulky to be conveniently carried in one piece.

Verse 3. - When the ten "breadths" had been woven, five were to be sewn together to form one portion of the awning, and the other five to form another portion, the reason for this being, probably, that if all the ten breadths had been sewn together, the awning would have been too cumbrous to have been readily folded together, or easily conveyed when the people journeyed.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Five
חֲמֵ֣שׁ (ḥă·mêš)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2568: Five

of the curtains
הַיְרִיעֹ֗ת (hay·rî·‘ōṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3407: A hanging

are to be
תִּֽהְיֶ֙יןָ֙ (tih·ye·nā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

joined
חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת (ḥō·ḇə·rōṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 2266: To unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell, to charm

together,
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and the other five
וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (wə·ḥā·mêš)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

curtains
יְרִיעֹת֙ (yə·rî·‘ōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3407: A hanging

joined
חֹֽבְרֹ֔ת (ḥō·ḇə·rōṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 2266: To unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell, to charm

[as well].
אִשָּׁ֖ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female


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