And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

EXODUS 26:6KJV
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Exodus 26:6 (KJV)

What does Exodus 26:6 mean?

Exodus 26:6 gives instructions for making fifty gold clasps to join together the curtains of the tabernacle, so that all the separate pieces become one unified structure. The verse emphasizes that these gold fasteners are to be used to connect the curtains, making the tabernacle a single whole.

God is speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, giving detailed directions for building the tabernacle—a special tent where God would dwell among the Israelites during their journey in the wilderness. This verse is part of a longer section about the tabernacle’s construction, focusing here on how the individual curtains should be joined to form one continuous tent.

The Hebrew behind Exodus 26:6

  • The word "taches" (קֶרֶס, qeres) refers to small hooks or clasps, often understood as fasteners. Their use here highlights the practical detail in God’s instructions, ensuring the curtains stay securely joined.
  • The word "couple" (חָבַר, chavar) means to join or connect. This word stresses that the curtains are not just placed side by side, but firmly joined to become one.
  • The word "one" (אֶחָד, echad) means a single unit or unified whole. This underlines the idea that, though made of many parts, the tabernacle is meant to function as one complete sanctuary.

Why Exodus 26:6 matters

  • This verse clears up that the tabernacle was not a patchwork of loose curtains, but a carefully unified structure, reflecting order and intentional design.
  • The emphasis on gold clasps and unity points to the value and importance of the tabernacle as the place where God’s presence would dwell among the people.
  • Understanding these details helps the reader see how the tabernacle’s construction was both practical and symbolic, with each part serving a role in the larger purpose of worship and community.

Where else these words appear

“taches” Hebrew H7165 · used in 7 verses

  • Exodus 26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
  • Exodus 35:11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,
  • Exodus 36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

“couple” Hebrew H2266 · used in 25 verses

  • Genesis 14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
  • Exodus 36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
  • Psalms 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

“curtains” Hebrew H3407 · used in 32 verses

  • Exodus 26:1 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
  • Exodus 26:13 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.
  • Exodus 36:17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

“with” Hebrew H269 · used in 104 verses

  • Genesis 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
  • Leviticus 18:18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
  • Job 1:4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.