And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
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 a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side o that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent,.... The curtains of the tent, or the goat hair curtains, were two cubits longer than the other, and these are the two cubits, one on one side and the other on the other, which remained, and by which...
And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. (f) For these curtains were two cubits longer than the curtain of the tabernacle so that they were wider by a cubit of both sides.