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Exodus 36

Ex. 36:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
curtains
yriy`ah (Hebrew #3407)
a hanging (as tremulous)
KJV usage: curtain.
Pronounce: yer-ee-aw'
Origin: from 3415
ofo goats’
`ez (Hebrew #5795)
a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used ellipt. for goat's hair)
KJV usage: (she) goat, kid.
Pronounce: aze
Origin: from 5810
hair for the tent
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
over the tabernacle
mishkan (Hebrew #4908)
a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
KJV usage: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: mish-kawn'
Origin: from 7931
: eleven
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
`ashtey (Hebrew #6249)
apparently masculine plural construction of 6247 in the sense of an afterthought (used only in connection with 6240 in lieu of 259) eleven or (ordinal) eleventh
KJV usage: + eleven(-th).
Pronounce: ash-tay'
curtains
yriy`ah (Hebrew #3407)
a hanging (as tremulous)
KJV usage: curtain.
Pronounce: yer-ee-aw'
Origin: from 3415
he made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
them.
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Ex. 26:7• 7And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. (Ex. 26:7)

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Goat,
Tent,
The Tabernacle

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 26:7‑13• 7And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
 8The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
 9And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
 10And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
 11And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
 12And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
 13And 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 tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. (Ex. 26:7‑13)
• This first covering of ten curtains was the tabernacle proper, or “dwelling-place,” as the word literally means (Ex. 36:14, and frequently). The other coverings seem to have been for special use in connection with the primary one, as protection (see Ex. 36:14, where the goats’ hair covering is called “the tent over the tabernacle, and 36:19, where the two others are designated simply as coverings). (“The Linen Curtains - Their Dimensions and So Forth” by S. Ridout)
• This second covering was made of goats’ hair—probably spun, as we read, “All the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair” (Ex. 35:26). This was woven into a coarse, dark-colored cloth, quite common to this day in the East for making tents. The dark color of these tents is suggested in the words of the bride in the Song of Solomon: “I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon” (Song of Sol. 1:5)—black as the tents of Kedar, comely as the curtains of Solomon. The dark color of the goats’ hair is also seen in the same book: “Thy hair is as a flock of goats” (Song of Sol. 6:5). Thus the goats’ hair was evidently dark or black. (“The Covering of Goats" Hair” by S. Ridout)
• In addition to its use for tents, this cloth of goats’ hair was also, probably, what is called sackcloth: “The sun became black as sackcloth of hair” (“The Covering of Goats" Hair” by S. Ridout)
• remembering that they speak of our Lord’s person, we gather that in these goats’ hair coverings we have Him presented as the Prophet. He was frequently spoken of as a prophet When He disclosed to the woman of Samaria her sin, she said, “Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet” (John 4:19). He had spoken for and from God. When He had fed the five thousand, the people said, “This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world” (John 6:14). Moses had predicted that God would send such a Prophet: “A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you like unto me; Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people” (“The Covering of Goats" Hair” by S. Ridout)
• This covering, then, tells of that Prophet who uncovered all the sin of man, who showed him in his true character. He was the witness of man’s sin, for “He knew what was in man,” and who knew also what the perfect nature of God required. Amidst abounding evil, His own soul was in perfect peace. He could denounce hypocrisy, bear solemn witness against the rich of this world, weep over poor fallen man, while the inmost depths of His holy soul were ever set upon His Father and His will. Thus He never repined at His lot, never was overwhelmed by the tumult of self-will which surged about Him, and never for a moment was bitter or misanthropic. Jeremiah was so overwhelmed by the burden of being God’s witness in a sinful and adulterous age that he cursed the day of his birth (Jer. 20:14). But there were no such hours of discouragement in our Lord’s life: “Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight” (Matt. 11:26) was enough for Him. Thus He wore the prophet’s garment of goats’ hair as none other has. In this, as in all things else, He must have the preeminence. (“The Covering of Goats" Hair” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains did he make them.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains did he make them.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)