Exodus 26:1 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 26:1

Exodus 26:1. Thou shalt make the tabernacle The word המשׁכן hammishchan, which we translate tabernacle, means a place to dwell in. And this was not only to be a sign of God’s presence with, and protection of his people, but his habitation or dwelling-place among them: the place where he would, in a peculiar manner, manifest his presence, display his glory, accept their oblations, prayers, praises, and other services, and by the intervention of Moses and Aaron first, and afterward of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:1-37

Curtains, coverings and framework (26:1-37)Probably the easiest way to picture the two-roomed structure under the tent is as a huge open box with a cloth draped over it. This cloth was a multi-coloured, richly embroidered linen covering that formed a ceiling and hung over the four sides but did not quite reach the ground. It consisted of two sets of five curtain strips sewn along their length and then tied together to form one huge covering (26:1-6).Over this multi-coloured linen covering was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 26:1

tabernacle . Hebrew. mishkan, the place of God's presence or habitation. Compare Exodus 26:7 . See App-40 . ten . See App-10 . of cunning work = the work of a skilful weaver. Probably working both sides alike, whereas the embroiderer worked only one side. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 26:1-6

"Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilled workman shalt thou make them. The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 26:1-6

Exodus 26:1-6. Moreover, thou shalt make the tabernacle— The word which we render tabernacle, signifies a place to dwell in: and as this was to be an habitation of the Deity, it is therefore called the tabernacle, where Jehovah dwelt, [שׁכן shachen] and manifested his presence; thence called Shechinah: see the last note on Genesis 3:24. The more sacred and important part of the furniture of this tabernacle having been appointed, the Lord now proceeds to describe to Moses the form of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 26:1

1. cunning work—that is, of elegant texture, richly embroidered. The word "cunning," in old English, is synonymous with "skilful." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 26:1-14

The curtains 26:1-14The extent to which these curtains were visible from inside the tabernacle is not clear in the text and has been the subject of debate by commentators. They were of four colors that some writers have interpreted as having symbolic significance on the basis of other biblical references to and uses of these colors. The colors were white (holiness), blue (heavenly origin and character), purple (royal glory), and crimson (blood and vigorous life). Blue was also the color of... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 26:1-37

The Tabernacle ProperThis, which in the Hebrew is called ’the dwelling’ (see on Exodus 25:9), consists of an oblong tent, 30 cubits long, 10 broad, and 10 high, and stands within the ’court of the tabernacle’ (Exodus 27:9 -f.). It is formed of a frame of open woodwork, over which are spread four layers of coverings, the undermost being of linen embroidered with figures of cherubim, the second of goathair cloth, the third of ramskin, and the outermost of sealskin. Internally, therefore, the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 26:1

1. THE FINE LINEN COVERING.(1) The tabernacle.—Literally, the dwelling (see Exodus 25:9, where mishkân first occurs). It is a derivative from shakan, translated by “dwell” in the preceding verse.Ten curtains.—The same word (yĕri’ah) is used for the constituent parts of the covering, and for the entire covering, or, at any rate, for each of the two halves into which it was divided (Exodus 26:4-5). In the first use, it corresponds to what we should call “a breadth.”Fine twined linen—i.e., linen... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 26:1-37

XXVI.THE TABERNACLE.(1-37) The sacred tent which was to form the “House of God,” or temple, for Israel during the continuance of the people in the wilderness, and which in point of fact served them for a national sanctuary until the construction of the first temple by Solomon, is described in this chapter with a minuteness which leaves little to be desired. It is called ham-mishkân, “the dwelling,” and ha-’ohel, “the tent” (Exodus 26:36)—the former from its purpose, as being the place where God... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 26:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:1-37

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 26:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 26:1-6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 26:1-6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 26:1

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 26:1-14

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 26:1-37

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 26:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 26:1-37

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