And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront 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
Five curtains make one set, six make another, because eleven divides that way. The sixth curtain of the goat hair, since it reaches further, is folded double at the east entrance, covering what the inner linen curtains leave bare, like a bride's veil over an uncovered face. This way the entrance gains its proper covering.
AI summary
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. (e) That is, five on the one side, and five on the other, and the sixth should hang over the door of the tabernacle.