Exodus 26 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Each verse is rendered independently from the Hebrew (Rabbinic reading tradition) and from the Greek (Saints reading tradition). The badge classifies the relationship between the two readings; the note beneath records the source document’s comparison and attributed interpretation. Each column retains its own verse references where numbering differs.
The Curtains and Coverings
26:1 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:1 You shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. You shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skilled designer.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:1 You shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of spun fine linen, blue, purple, and spun scarlet yarn. You shall make them with cherubim, the work of a weaver.
The materials agree in substance; the craft and spinning terms differ.
26:2 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:2 Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. All the curtains shall have the same measure.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:2 Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. All the curtains shall have the same measure.
26:3 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:3 Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five joined to one another.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:3 Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five joined to one another.
26:4 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:4 You shall make blue loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:4 You shall make blue loops along the edge of one curtain at the joining side, and do the same along the edge of the outer curtain at the second joining.
Both describe loops along the meeting edges.
26:5 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:5 You shall make fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty along the edge of the curtain in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:5 You shall make fifty loops on the one curtain and fifty along the edge of the curtain in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.
26:6 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:6 You shall make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle becomes one.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:6 You shall make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle becomes one.
26:7 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:7 You shall make curtains of goats’ hair as a tent over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:7 You shall make hair curtains as a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.
Greek describes hair curtains without naming goats here.
26:8 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:8 Each curtain shall be thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. The eleven curtains shall have the same measure.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:8 Each curtain shall be thirty cubits long and four cubits wide. The eleven curtains shall have the same measure.
26:9 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:9 You shall join five curtains by themselves and six by themselves, and double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:9 You shall join five hair curtains by themselves and six by themselves, and double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tabernacle.
Greek epidiploseis means “double over,” not merely “place.” [G26]
26:10 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:10 You shall make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and fifty along the edge of the curtain joining the second set.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:10 You shall make fifty loops along the edge of the middle hair curtain at the joining, and fifty along the edge of the curtain joining the second set.
Greek describes the curtain at the middle joining.
26:11 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps, put them through the loops, and join the tent together so that it becomes one.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps, join the clasps to the loops, and join the hair curtains so that they become one.
26:12 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:12 The remaining half curtain of the tent shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:12 You shall tuck under the surplus in the tabernacle’s hair curtains. You shall cover over the remaining half curtain; you shall cover over the surplus of the tabernacle’s hair curtains behind the tabernacle.
RH explicitly names the half curtain and its surplus covering at the rear. Its repeated instruction is retained; the shorter provisional webpage is superseded.
26:13 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:13 The cubit remaining on either side in the length of the tent’s curtains shall hang over the tabernacle’s sides to cover it.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:13 A cubit on this side and a cubit on that side, from the excess length of the tabernacle’s hair curtains, shall cover the tabernacle’s sides on either side.
26:14 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, with a covering of tachash skins above it.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:14 You shall make a covering for the tabernacle of rams’ skins dyed red, with coverings of blue skins above it.
The Hebrew animal identification remains uncertain; Greek specifies blue skins.
The Framing System
26:15 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:15 You shall make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:15 You shall make posts of decay-resistant wood for the tabernacle.
Greek lacks “upright” in the consulted text and uses posts rather than frames. [G26]
26:16 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:16 Each frame shall be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:16 Each post shall be ten cubits in extent and a cubit and a half wide.
Greek does not explicitly name length or height in the first measurement.
26:17 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:17 Each frame shall have two tenons fitted opposite each other. You shall make all the tabernacle’s frames this way.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:17 Each post shall have two tenons fitted opposite each other. You shall make all the tabernacle’s posts this way.
The structural nouns differ; the joinery requirement agrees.
26:18 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:18 You shall make twenty frames for the tabernacle’s south side.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:18 You shall make twenty posts for the tabernacle’s north side.
The consulted Greek gives north here and south in verse 20, reversing the order of the two sides. It does not place both sides to the north. [G26]
26:19 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:19 You shall make forty silver bases beneath the twenty frames, two beneath each frame for its two tenons.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:19 You shall make forty silver bases for the twenty posts, two bases for one post at its two parts, and two bases for another post at its two parts.
RH repeats the two-base specification and uses its own construction vocabulary; it does not abbreviate the repeated base count.
26:20 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:20 For the tabernacle’s second side, to the north, there shall be twenty frames,
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:20 For the second side, to the south, there shall be twenty posts,
The north–south order is reversed from Hebrew; the overall provision for both sides agrees. [G26]
26:21 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:21 with forty silver bases, two beneath each frame.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:21 with their forty silver bases, two bases for one post at its two parts, and two bases for another post at its two parts.
26:22 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:22 For the rear of the tabernacle, toward the west, you shall make six frames.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:22 For the rear of the tabernacle, toward the sea, you shall make six posts.
“Toward the sea” expresses the westward orientation.
26:23 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:23 You shall make two frames for the corners at the rear of the tabernacle.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:23 You shall make two posts for the corners at the rear of the tabernacle.
26:24 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:24 They shall be paired below and joined together at the top into one ring. Both shall be made this way for the two corners.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:24 They shall be equal below, and likewise equal at their tops, at one joining. You shall make both this way for the two corners.
The Hebrew pairing/ring language differs from Greek equality/joining language; the construction detail remains difficult. [G26]
26:25 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:25 There shall be eight frames with sixteen silver bases, two beneath each frame.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:25 There shall be eight posts with sixteen silver bases, two for each post at its two parts, and two for each post.
Greek retains a repeated base specification.
26:26 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:26 You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:26 You shall make bars of decay-resistant wood, five for the post on one side of the tabernacle,
The consulted Greek uses singular “post”; Hebrew has plural frames. [G26]
26:27 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:27 five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames at the rear, to the west.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:27 five for the post on the second side, and five for the rear post on the side toward the sea.
Greek again uses a singular structural noun.
26:28 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:28 The middle bar shall pass through the middle of the frames from end to end.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:28 The middle bar shall pass through the middle of the posts from one side to the other.
26:29 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:29 You shall overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the bars. You shall overlay the bars with gold.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:29 You shall overlay the posts with gold and make gold rings into which you shall insert the bars. You shall overlay the bars with gold.
26:30 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:30 You shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan shown to you on the mountain.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:30 You shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan shown to you on the mountain.
The Inner Veil
26:31 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:31 You shall make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim, the work of a skilled designer.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:31 You shall make a veil of blue, purple, and spun scarlet yarn and spun fine linen, with cherubim, the work of a weaver.
26:32 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, set on four silver bases.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:32 You shall place it on four posts of decay-resistant wood overlaid with gold, with gold capitals and four silver bases.
Hebrew names hooks; Greek names capitals.
26:33 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:33 You shall hang the veil beneath the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony inside the veil. The veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:33 You shall place the veil on the posts and bring the ark of the testimony inside the veil. The veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies for you.
The stated support differs: beneath the clasps versus on the posts. [G26]
Saints reception: Hebrews 9:2–12 interprets the sanctuary’s divisions in relation to access to God and Christ’s priestly ministry. This is typological reception, not an expansion of the Exodus instructions. [S-Heb9]
26:34 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:34 You shall place the cover on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:34 You shall screen the ark of the testimony with the veil in the Holy of Holies.
Hebrew places the ark’s cover; Greek screens the ark with the veil. These are different instructions, not mutually exclusive actions. [H26; G26]
26:35 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:35 You shall place the table outside the veil and the lampstand opposite it on the tabernacle’s south side; the table shall be on the north side.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:35 You shall place the table outside the veil and the lampstand opposite it on the tabernacle’s south side; the table shall be on the north side.
The Entrance Screen
26:36 Divergent
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:36 You shall make a screen for the tent’s entrance of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:36 You shall make a screen of blue, purple, and spun scarlet yarn and spun fine linen, the work of an embroiderer.
The consulted Greek does not explicitly name the entrance here. [G26]
26:37 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
26:37 You shall make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold, with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
Greek · Saints priority
G 26:37 You shall make five posts for the curtain and overlay them with gold, with gold capitals, and cast five bronze bases for them.
Greek lacks the wood designation and names capitals rather than hooks.
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