Exodus 26

“Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet…” The number ten makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise…” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“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 number fifty makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.” The line’s distinctive content terms include curtains, covering, eleven. Its relationship to verses 6 and 8 shows what work it does in this passage.

“The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain…” The number five makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the…” The number fifty makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it…” The number fifty makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And 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 command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.” The line’s distinctive content terms include covering, skins, badgers. Its relationship to verses 13 and 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.” The line’s distinctive content terms include boards, shittim, standing. Its relationship to verses 14 and 16 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.” The number twenty makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons…” The number forty makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.” The number forty makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.” The number six makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.” The number two makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,” The number five makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the…” The number five makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt…” The line’s distinctive content terms include gold, bars, overlay. Its relationship to verses 28 and 30 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.” The line’s distinctive content terms include fashion, mount, rear. Its relationship to verses 29 and 31 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.” The line’s distinctive content terms include holy, mercy, place. Its relationship to verses 33 and 35 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the…” The line’s distinctive content terms include table, side, candlestick. Its relationship to verses 34 and 36 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen…” The line’s distinctive content terms include blue, door, fine. Its relationship to verses 35 and 37 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.