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Exodus 39:34

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 39:34 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the covering of rams` skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the covering of rams` skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
Exodus 39:34 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 39

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
31And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the mitre above; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
32Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting: and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.
33And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, it bars, and its pillars, and it sockets;
34and the covering of rams` skins dyed red, and the covering of sealskins, and the veil of the screen;
35the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;
36the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread;
37the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light;
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What do historical commentaries say?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“the covering of rams' skin dyed red--(See on Exo 25:5). It was probably red morocco leather and "badgers' skins," rather "the skins of the tahash, supposed to be the dugong, or dolphin of the Red Sea, the skin of which is still used by the Arabs under the same appellation" [GOSS].”
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