The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains shall be the same size.
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 goat hair curtains run thirty cubits long and four wide, two cubits longer than the linen ones beneath, so they drape further down the sides and shield them from damage. All eleven hang to the same measure, length and breadth alike.
AI summary
Exo 26:7-8 The outer tent-cloth, “for the tent over the dwelling,” was to consist of eleven lengths of goats’ hair, i.e., of cloth made of goats’ hair; each piece being thirty cubits long and four broad.
Commenting on Exodus 26:7-8