And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
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
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent,.... Of the goat hair curtains, which were one more than the linen curtains: the half curtain that remaineth; for the other half extended to the east end of it, at the entrance of the tabernacle, and hung down and was doubled there, and the other that remained is here disposed of: shall hang over...
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