Join five of the curtains together, and do the other five the same way. The ten curtains are joined in two sets of five. The two five-curtain panels that result will be connected at the center by the clasps of verses 6 and 11 to form the complete inner covering. The mathematical structure — ten curtains in two sets of five, joined at the center — creates a seam that runs across the middle of the tabernacle's roof. The number ten in the covenant context of the ten commandments and the ten plagues suggests that the complete inner covering of the tabernacle embodies the fullness of the covenant: ten curtains covering the place where the covenant is kept.

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