261 'And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; 'with' cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them; 2 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; 3 five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another. 4 'And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second. 5 fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which 'is' in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another; 6 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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 26:1-6
Commentary on Exodus 26:1-6
(Read Exodus 26:1-6)
God manifested his presence among the Israelites in a tabernacle or tent, because of their condition in the wilderness. God suits the tokens of his favour, and the gifts of his grace, to his people's state and wants. The curtains of the tabernacle were to be very rich. They were to be embroidered with cherubim, signifying that the angels of God pitch their tents round about the church, Psalm 34:7.