Exodus 26:6
New International Version
Then make fifty gold clasps and use them to fasten the curtains together so that the tabernacle is a unit.

New Living Translation
Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.

English Standard Version
And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to the other with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single whole.

Berean Standard Bible
Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

King James Bible
And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

New King James Version
And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps, so that it may be one tabernacle.

New American Standard Bible
You shall also make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

NASB 1995
“You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

NASB 1977
“And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be a unit.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and you shall join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

Amplified Bible
You shall make fifty gold hooks, and fasten the curtains together with the hooks; and the tabernacle shall be one unit.

Christian Standard Bible
Also make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.”

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one whole.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be one.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Make 50 gold fasteners. Use them to link the [two sets of] sheets together so that the tent is a single unit.

Good News Translation
Make fifty gold hooks with which to join the two sets into one piece.

International Standard Version
Then you are to make 50 gold clasps, and join the curtains to each other with the clasps so that the tent will be one piece.

Majority Standard Bible
Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

NET Bible
You are to make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle is a unit.

New Heart English Bible
You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps: and the tabernacle shall be a unit.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt make fifty buttons of gold, and couple the curtains together with the buttons: and it shall be one tabernacle.

World English Bible
You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains to one another with the clasps. The tabernacle shall be a unit.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and you have made fifty hooks of gold, and have joined the curtains to one another by the hooks, and the Dwelling Place has been one.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast made fifty hooks of gold, and hast joined the curtains one to another by the hooks, and the tabernacle hath been one.

Smith's Literal Translation
And make fifty hooks of gold, and join the one curtain to the other with the hooks: and it was one tent.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt make also fifty rings of gold wherewith the veils of the curtains are to be joined, that it may be made one tabernacle.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You shall also make fifty rings of gold, with which the veils of the curtains are to be joined, so that it shall be one tabernacle.

New American Bible
Then make fifty clasps of gold and join the two sets of sheets, so that the tabernacle forms one whole.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be one whole.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And you shall make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches; and it shall be one tabernacle.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And make fifty clasps of gold and join one curtain on another with a clasp, and the Tabernacle will be one.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps, that the tabernacle may be one whole.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt make fifty golden rings; and thou shalt join the curtains to each other with the rings, and it shall be one tabernacle.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Ten Curtains of the Tabernacle
5Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another. 6Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

Cross References
Exodus 36:13
He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

Exodus 25:9
You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.

Exodus 40:18
When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

Exodus 39:33
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;

Exodus 40:17
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

Exodus 25:40
See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Exodus 40:19
Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Exodus 35:11
the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;

Exodus 40:2
“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.

Exodus 40:33
And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

Hebrews 8:5
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 9:2-3
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

Hebrews 9:11
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

Hebrews 9:23
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 10:1
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps: and it shall be one tabernacle.

taches of gold

Exodus 26:11,33
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one…

Exodus 35:11
The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Exodus 36:13,18
And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle…

one tabernacle

Ephesians 1:22,23
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, …

Ephesians 4:16
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

1 Peter 2:4,5
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, …

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Exodus 26
1. The ten curtains of the tabernacle
7. 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














Make fifty gold clasps
The instruction to "make fifty gold clasps" signifies the precision and intentionality in God's design for the tabernacle. The number fifty in Hebrew culture often symbolizes completeness or fullness, as seen in the Jubilee year, which occurs every fifty years. Gold, a symbol of purity and divinity, reflects the holiness and sacredness of the tabernacle. The use of gold clasps indicates the value and importance of the structure being built, as it is a dwelling place for God's presence among His people.

and use them to fasten the curtains together
The phrase "and use them to fasten the curtains together" highlights the unity and cohesion required in the construction of the tabernacle. The Hebrew word for "fasten" (חָבַר, chabar) implies joining or binding together, suggesting that the tabernacle is not just a physical structure but a spiritual one, symbolizing the unity of God's people. The curtains, representing the separation between the holy and the common, are brought together by these clasps, indicating that God's presence bridges the gap between the divine and the human.

so that the tabernacle will be a unit
The purpose "so that the tabernacle will be a unit" underscores the concept of oneness in the worship of God. The Hebrew word for "unit" (אֶחָד, echad) is the same word used in the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4), which declares the oneness of God. This unity in the tabernacle's construction reflects the unity that should exist among God's people and their singular devotion to Him. The tabernacle, as a unit, serves as a physical manifestation of God's covenant relationship with Israel, where He dwells among them as their God, and they are His people.

Verse 6. - The Authorised Version gives the sense fairly. The two curtains, each composed of five "breadths," were to be united by means of one hundred loops, fifty on each curtain, which were to be coupled together by fifty "taches" or clasps. The loops were to be of the "blue" material used generally in the textile fabrics of the tabernacle (Exodus 25:4; Exodus 26:1, 31, 36), and the "taches" or clasps were to be of gold. In this way the covering of the mishkan was to be completed. The goat's skin tent-cloth (vers. 7-13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Make
וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

fifty
חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 2572: Fifty

gold
זָהָ֑ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

clasps {as well},
קַרְסֵ֣י (qar·sê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7165: A knob, belaying-pin

and join
וְחִבַּרְתָּ֨ (wə·ḥib·bar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2266: To unite, be joined, to tie a magic knot or spell, to charm

the curtains
הַיְרִיעֹ֜ת (hay·rî·‘ōṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3407: A hanging

together
אִשָּׁ֤ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

with the clasps,
בַּקְּרָסִ֔ים (baq·qə·rā·sîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7165: A knob, belaying-pin

so that the tabernacle
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן (ham·miš·kān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle

will be
וְהָיָ֥ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a single unit.
אֶחָֽד׃ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first


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