Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. New Living Translation These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide. English Standard Version The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size. Berean Standard Bible Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size. King James Bible 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. New King James Version The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. And every one of the curtains shall have the same measurements. New American Standard Bible The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements. NASB 1995 “The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements. NASB 1977 “The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements. Legacy Standard Bible The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements. Amplified Bible The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all of the curtains shall measure the same. Christian Standard Bible Each curtain should be forty-two feet long and six feet wide; all the curtains are to have the same measurements. Holman Christian Standard Bible The length of each curtain should be 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains are to have the same measurements. American Standard Version The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The length of one curtain is twenty and eight cubits, and its width, four cubits; all curtains have the one measure of the one curtain. Brenton Septuagint Translation The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains. Contemporary English Version Make each piece twelve meters long and two meters wide Douay-Rheims Bible The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, the breadth shall be four cubits. All the curtains shall be of one measure. English Revised Version The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. GOD'S WORD® Translation Each sheet will be 42 feet long and 6 feet wide-all the same size. Good News Translation Make each piece the same size, 14 yards long and 2 yards wide. International Standard Version The length of each curtain is to be 28 cubits, the width of each curtain four cubits, and all the curtains are to have the same measurements. JPS Tanakh 1917 The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have one measure. Literal Standard Version the length of the one curtain [is] twenty-eight by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain [is] four by the cubit, one measure [is] for all the curtains; Majority Standard Bible Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size. New American Bible The length of each shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width four cubits; all the sheets shall be of the same size. NET Bible The length of each curtain is to be forty-two feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet--the same size for each of the curtains. New Revised Standard Version The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be of the same size. New Heart English Bible The length of each curtain shall be forty-one feet four inches, and the breadth of each curtain five feet eleven inches: all the curtains shall have one measure. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure. Young's Literal Translation the length of the one curtain is eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit, one measure is to all the curtains; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Ten Curtains of the Tabernacle1“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. 2Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide— all curtains the same size. 3Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.… Cross References 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. Exodus 26:3 Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well. Treasury of Scripture 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. curtain Exodus 26:7,8 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make… Numbers 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 2 Samuel 7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. Jump to Previous Breadth Cubit Cubits Curtain Curtains Eight Four Length Measure Measurements Size Twenty Twenty-Eight Wide WidthJump to Next Breadth Cubit Cubits Curtain Curtains Eight Four Length Measure Measurements Size Twenty Twenty-Eight Wide WidthExodus 26 1. The ten curtains of the tabernacle7. The eleven curtains of goats' hair, the covering of rams' and badgers' skins. 15. The boards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and bars 31. The veil for the ark 36. The hanging for the door (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.Verse 2. - Eight and twenty cubits. This is the exact length required for a rectangular tented roof over such a space, which should descend (as tent roofs usually do) within about seven feet of the ground. The comparison made in vers. 12, 13, between the fine linen covering of the mishkan and the goats' hair covering of the "tent," implies that the one was directly under the other, and that both were arranged in the same way. The breadth of four cubits. This gives for the entire length of the curtain (4 by 10), 40 cubits, or ten cubits more than the length of the boarded space. The roof must thus have been advanced some distance in front of the tabernacle proper, or rectangular boarded space. Every one of the curtains shall have one measure. They shall all, i.e., have the same measure. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Eachהָֽאַחַ֗ת (hā·’a·ḥaṯ) Article | Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first curtain הַיְרִיעָ֣ה (hay·rî·‘āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3407: A hanging shall be twenty-eight שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה (šə·mō·neh) Number - feminine singular Strong's 8083: A cardinal number, eight, eighth cubits בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה (bā·’am·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base long אֹ֣רֶךְ ׀ (’ō·reḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 753: Length and four אַרְבַּ֣ע (’ar·ba‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's 702: Four cubits בָּאַמָּ֔ה (bā·’am·māh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base wide— וְרֹ֙חַב֙ (wə·rō·ḥaḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7341: Breadth, width all לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every curtains הַיְרִיעֹֽת׃ (hay·rî·‘ōṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 3407: A hanging the same אַחַ֖ת (’a·ḥaṯ) Number - feminine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first size. מִדָּ֥ה (mid·dāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4060: Extension, height, breadth, a measure, a portion, a vestment, tribute Links Exodus 26:2 NIVExodus 26:2 NLT Exodus 26:2 ESV Exodus 26:2 NASB Exodus 26:2 KJV Exodus 26:2 BibleApps.com Exodus 26:2 Biblia Paralela Exodus 26:2 Chinese Bible Exodus 26:2 French Bible Exodus 26:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 26:2 The length of each curtain shall be (Exo. 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