Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
The first work they set about was the framing of the house, which must be done before the furniture of it was prepared. This house was not made of timber or stone, but of curtains curiously embroidered and coupled together. This served to typify the state of the church in this world, the palace of God's kingdom among men. 1.
Commenting on Exodus 36:8-13
The verbs here shift to the third person singular with indefinite subject, like 'one made' or 'they made', to show the work proceeding as a unified whole rather than tracking individual workers. This grammatical move reflects the corporate nature of the craftsmen executing the design God had already given.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 36:8-38