“The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.”
All the curtains are to be the same size — twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. The uniformity of the ten curtains — each 28 cubits by 4 cubits — reflects the covenant principle of equality within the holy. No curtain is larger or more elaborate than another; they are identical. The total surface covered by the ten identical curtains: 280 square cubits of the finest, most expensive fabric available. The identical dimensions of the ten curtains mean they can be joined without any section dominating or diminishing another. The covenant community that gathers under this fabric is covered uniformly by the same fabric woven with the same cherubim in the same colors.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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