“Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.”
Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the other curtain, with the loops opposite each other. The fifty loops on each joining edge — fifty on one panel and fifty on the other — create one hundred connection points when the two panels are brought together. The loops opposite each other means perfect alignment: each loop on one panel corresponds to a loop on the other. The alignment required for fifty loops to match fifty loops demands precision in the construction. The precision required reflects the precision of the covenant itself: the terms are aligned, the obligations match, the relationship is symmetric. The tabernacle's construction is a model of the covenant's careful design.
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