Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
2. lengthEach curtain was tobe fifteen yards in length and a little exceeding two in breadth.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The length of each piece was to be 28 cubits, and the breadth 4 cubits, one measure for all; and five of these pieces were to be “joined together one to another,” i.e., joined or sewed together into a piece of 28 cubits in length and 20 in breadth, and the same with the other five.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(2) The length . . . eight and twenty cubits.Mr. Fergusson has shown that to cover over a space twenty cubits wide with a roof, the two sides of which should meet at a right angle, a tent-cloth almost exactly twenty-eight cubits long would be required.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2, 3. Length eight and twenty cubits breadth four cubits Hence, when coupled together in two great pieces of five curtains each, they would form a great tent cloth twenty-eight by forty cubits (about 42 x 60 feet) in dimensions. This would be ample for covering the mishcan of boards, described below. Exo 26:15-30.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
No doubt every part and portion of the tabernacle furniture, had a spiritual signification, as we may gather from the caution the Lord gave to Moses concerning it: but the dullness of our capacities prevents the discovery of what they are, in every particular. See Exo 25:40 , compared with Heb 9:1-5Heb 9:1-5 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 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.
Ver. 2. Of the curtains. ] Not, Of the tabernacles, as the vulgar interpreter hath it.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
cubits. See App-51.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
curtain: Exo 26:7, Exo 26:8, Num 4:25, 2Sa 7:2, 1Ch 17:1
Reciprocal: Exo 26:13 – a cubit Exo 35:11 – tabernacle