The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
God gave them a tent, not a temple, because they were wandering in the wilderness and needed Him movable with them. This tabernacle also teaches us that the church on earth is never settled; we are strangers here, travellers toward heaven, and all our privileges move with us or leave us as we honor or neglect them.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 26:1-6
Five curtains were sewn together into one piece, and the other five likewise joined into another piece; this made two large tapestries, each some fourteen yards long and ten broad by common reckoning, though the exact measure was considerably greater.
AI summary
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another, &c.--so as to form two grand divisions, each eleven yards wide.