Exodus 26:7

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“You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.”

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BSBPD

“You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And thou hast made curtains of goats' <FI>hair<Fi> , for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 26:7 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 25:4blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
  2. Exodus 26:1“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
  3. Exodus 26:9Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.
  4. Exodus 26:12As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
  5. Exodus 26:14Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
  6. Exodus 35:6blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
  7. Exodus 35:23Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
  8. Exodus 35:26And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.
  9. Exodus 36:14He then made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
  10. Numbers 4:25They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
  11. Numbers 31:20And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
  12. Psalms 45:13All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
  13. Isaiah 4:5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
  14. 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  15. 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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