Exodus 26:12

26:12 Now the part that remains of the curtains of the tent – the half curtain that remains will hang over at the back of the tabernacle. ¹ 

Exodus 27:14-15

27:14 The hangings on one side ²  of the gate are to be ³  twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. 27:15 On the second side ⁴  there are to be ⁵  hangings twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

Exodus 30:24

30:24 and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed ⁶  according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts ⁷  of olive oil.

Exodus 38:14

38:14 with hangings on one side ⁸  of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases,

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¹ sn U. Cassuto (Exodus, 353) cites b. Shabbat 98b which says, “What did the tabernacle resemble? A woman walking on the street with her train trailing behind her.” In the expression “the half of the curtain that remains,” the verb agrees in gender with the genitive near it.

² tn The word literally means “shoulder.” The next words, “of the gate,” have been supplied here and in v. 15. The east end would contain the courtyard’s entry with a wall of curtains on each side of the entry (see v. 16).

³ tn Here “will be” has been supplied.

⁴ tn Heb “shoulder.”

⁵ tn Here the phrase “there will be” has been supplied.

⁶ tn The words “all weighed” are added for clarity in English.

⁷ tn Or “a hin.” A hin of oil is estimated at around one gallon (J. Durham, Exodus [WBC], 3:406).

⁸ tn The word literally means “shoulder.” The next words, “of the gate,” have been supplied here. The east end contained the courtyard’s entry with a wall of curtains on each side of the entry (see v. 15).