2 All the curtains are to be the same size-twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[1]

Other Translations of Exodus 26:2

King James Version

2 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.

English Standard Version

2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits,A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters and the breadth of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall be the same size.

The Message

2 The panels of tapestry are each to be forty-six feet long and six feet wide.

New King James Version

2 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 Living Translation

2 These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size-42 feet long and 6 feet wide.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 26:2

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.