Exodus 26:2

26:2 The length of each ¹  curtain is to be forty-two feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet ²  – the same size for each of the curtains.

Exodus 26:8

26:8 The length of each ³  curtain is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet – the same size for the eleven curtains.

Exodus 27:1

The Altar

27:1 “You are to make the ⁴  altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, ⁵  and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, ⁶  and its height is to be ⁷  four feet six inches.

Exodus 27:9

The Courtyard

27:9 “You are to make the courtyard ⁸  of the tabernacle. For the south side ⁹  there are to be hangings ¹⁰  for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long for one side, ¹¹ 

Exodus 27:11

27:11 Likewise ¹²  for its length on the north side, there are to be ¹³  hangings for one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands ¹⁴  on the posts.

Exodus 27:18

27:18 The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet ¹⁵  and the width seventy-five feet, ¹⁶  and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings ¹⁷  is to be ¹⁸  seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases.

Exodus 34:6

34:6 The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: ¹⁹  “The Lord, the Lord, ²⁰  the compassionate and gracious ²¹  God, slow to anger, ²²  and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, ²³ 

Exodus 36:9

36:9 The length of one curtain was forty-two feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet – the same size for each of the curtains.

Exodus 36:15

36:15 The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet – one size for all eleven curtains.

[26:2]  ¹ tn Heb “one” (so KJV).

[26:2]  ² tn Heb “twenty-eight cubits” long and “four cubits” wide.

[26:8]  ³ tn Heb “one”

[27:1]  ⁵ tn The article on this word identifies this as the altar, meaning the main high altar on which the sacrifices would be made.

[27:1]  ⁶ tn The dimensions are five cubits by five cubits by three cubits high.

[27:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “four”; this refers to four sides. S. R. Driver says this is an archaism that means there were four equal sides (Exodus, 291).

[27:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and three cubits its height.”

[27:9]  ⁷ tn Or “enclosure” (TEV).

[27:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “south side southward.”

[27:9]  ⁹ tn Or “curtains.”

[27:9]  ¹⁰ sn The entire courtyard of 150 feet by 75 feet was to be enclosed by a curtain wall held up with posts in bases. All these hangings were kept in place by a cord and tent pegs.

[27:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and thus.”

[27:11]  ¹⁰ tn Here the phrase “there will be” has been supplied.

[27:11]  ¹¹ sn These bands have been thought by some to refer to connecting rods joining the tops of the posts. But it is more likely that they are bands or bind rings surrounding the posts at the base of the capitals (see 38:17).

[27:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a hundred cubits.”

[27:18]  ¹² tn Heb “fifty.” The text has “and the width fifty [cubits] with fifty.” This means that it is fifty cubits wide on the western end and fifty cubits wide on the eastern end.

[27:18]  ¹³ tn Here “hangings” has been supplied.

[27:18]  ¹⁴ tn Here the phrase “is to be” has been supplied.

[34:6]  ¹³ tn Here is one of the clearest examples of what it means “to call on the name of the Lord,” as that clause has been translated traditionally (וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהוָה, vayyiqra’ vÿshem yÿhvah). It seems more likely that it means “to make proclamation of Yahweh by name.” Yahweh came down and made a proclamation – and the next verses give the content of what he said. This cannot be prayer or praise; it is a proclamation of the nature or attributes of God (which is what his “name” means throughout the Bible). Attempts to make Moses the subject of the verb are awkward, for the verb is repeated in v. 6 with Yahweh clearly doing the proclaiming.

[34:6]  ¹⁴ sn U. Cassuto (Exodus, 439) suggests that these two names be written as a sentence: “Yahweh, He is Yahweh.” In this manner it reflects “I am that I am.” It is impossible to define his name in any other way than to make this affirmation and then show what it means.

[34:6]  ¹⁵ tn See Exod 33:19.

[34:6]  ¹⁶ sn This is literally “long of anger.” His anger prolongs itself, allowing for people to repent before punishment is inflicted.

[34:6]  ¹⁷ sn These two words (“loyal love” and “truth”) are often found together, occasionally in a hendiadys construction. If that is the interpretation here, then it means “faithful covenant love.” Even if they are left separate, they are dual elements of a single quality. The first word is God’s faithful covenant love; the second word is God’s reliability and faithfulness.