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._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

1-6 God manifested his presence among the Israelites in a tabernacle or tent, because of their condition in the wilderness. God suits the tokens of his favour, and the gifts of his grace, to his people's state and wants. The curtains of the tabernacle were to be very rich. They were to be embroidered with cherubim, signifying that the angels of God pitch their tents round about the church, Psalms 34:7....

(Compare Exodus 36:8.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exodus 26:1, more strictly so-called, its tent Exodus 26:7, and its covering Exodus 26:14 (Compare Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33; Exodus 40:19, Exodus 40:34;...

EXPOSITION EXODUS 26:1 THE TABERNACLE. The sacred furniture which the tabernacle was to contain having been described, with the exception of the "altar of incense" the description of which is reserved for Exodus 30:1. (Exodus 30:1)-directions were next given for the sacred structure itself. This was to consist of three main things— 1. A quadrangular enclosure thirty cubits long by ten broad, open at one end, and on the other three sides enclosed by boards of acacia-wood overlaid with gold—called the _mishkan_, or "the dwelling-place," in our version usually translated "tabernacle." 2....

THE LENGTH OF ONE CURTAIN SHALL BE TWENTY EIGHT CUBITS,.... Or fourteen yards: AND THE BREADTH OF ONE CURTAIN FOUR CUBITS; or two yards; according to the common notion of a cubit being half a yard; but if, as Dr. Cumberland says, the Jewish and Egyptian cubit was three inches longer, this will make a considerable difference in the length and breadth of those curtains, especially in the former: AND EVERYONE OF THE CURTAINS SHALL HAVE ONE MEASURE; be of equal length and breadth....

CHAPTER 26 THE TABERNACLE AND ITS CONSTRUCTION _ 1. The curtains (Exodus 26:1)_ 2. The coverings (Exodus 26:7) 3. The boards (Exodus 26:15) 4. The vail (Exodus 26:31) 5. The hangings for the door (Exodus 26:36) While the tabernacle is a type of the heavenly places (Hebrews 9:23) it is also a type of Christ, who tabernacled among men. The wonderful foreshadowings we find here down to the minutest details is an evidence of in

EXODUS 26. P. THE DWELLING. This chapter deals with the tent, or tabernacle proper, describing in succession the four thicknesses of different materials which were to make its covering (Exodus 26:1. _cf._ Exodus 36:8); the framework that should support them (Exodus 26:15; cf. Exodus 36:20); the inner partition or veil (Exodus 26:31; cf. Exodus 36:35 f.) and the contents of the interior ...

CUBITS. See App-51....

(cf. Exodus 36:8-13). The ornamented _curtains_, forming the Dwelling itself. These were ten in number, each 28 cubits (42 ft.) long, and 4 cubits (6 ft.) wide, all made of richly coloured tapestry, with figures of cherubim interwoven (the -work of the designer"). When joined together, they formed a single large curtain, 40 cubits (60 ft.) long, and 28 cubits (42 ft.) broad....

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 tabernacle itself; with the inner _curtains_ or _coverings_ whereof he begins first, which were to be _ten_ in number, and each in _length twenty-eight cubits,_ and in _breadth four cubits, i.e_. according to Bishop Cumberland's measure of the cubit, about sixteen yards and twelve inches long, and two yards and twelve inches broad.