You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set.
God ordered a double covering to keep rain from spoiling the fine inner curtains, the outer rough and coarse, the inner all beauty and glory. So it must be with those who dwell in Him: labor to be better within than you appear without. The world sees black tents of Kedar, but God sees the curtains of Solomon. Providence always shields the beauty of holiness.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 26:7-14
The loops on these goat-hair curtains serve the same purpose as those on the linen ones, though the material differs, likely goat-hair rather than blue thread. Fifty loops on each curtain mark where the two large pieces join, and brass clasps link them together to make one unified tent covering, just as the tabernacle itself was joined by the same method.
AI summary
Exo 26:10-11 Fifty loops and clasps were to be made to join the two halves together, as in the case of the inner tapestry, only the clasps were to be of brass or copper.
Commenting on Exodus 26:10-11