Verse Lens · Context pointer
Exodus 26:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 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.
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Role in This Section
Reading 26:8 as “The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall…” keeps the verse tied to the before-and-after logic of “Curtains Layer the Tabernacle”.
Read It With
- Exodus 26:1–14
Read Exodus 26:8 with 26:1–14. Reading 26:8 as “The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall…” keeps the verse tied to the before-and-after logic of “Curtains Layer the Tabernacle”. The whole unit shows: Fine woven curtains with cherubim, goat-hair tent cloth, and protective skins join in measured, clasped layers over the sacred dwelling.
Why It Needs Context
Reading 26:8 as “The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall…” keeps the verse tied to the before-and-after logic of “Curtains Layer the Tabernacle”. Its force depends on 26:1–14; detached from “Curtains Layer the Tabernacle,” the words “The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall…” could be mistaken for a complete command, promise, judgment, explanation, or doctrine.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Exodus 26:1–14 — Curtains Layer the TabernacleSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 26:1–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 26:1–14
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