Exodus 26:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.”

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BSBPD

“And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 26:13 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 26:2Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.
  2. Exodus 26:8Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

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