and fine-twined linen." As is said,
"Moreover, thou shalt make the tabernacle (with) ten curtains of
fine-twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet."(601) "Their threads
were doubled thirty-two times," the words of Rabbi Nehemiah, when R.
Nehemiah said, "thread," _i.e._, one doubled in two, "twined," _i.e._, to
four, "fine-twined," _i.e._, to eight. It follows that their threads were
doubled thirty-two times. But the Sages say, "thread," _i.e._, one doubled
in two, "twined," _i.e._, to three, "fine-twined," _i.e._, to six. It
follows that their threads were doubled twenty-four times. They were
coupled in two vails, one of five, and one of five.(602) As is said, "the
five curtains shall be coupled together one to another: and (other) five
curtains (shall be) coupled one to another," and they were coupled with
loops of blue, as is said,(603) "And thou shalt make loops of blue upon
the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and
likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of (another) curtain, in
the coupling of the second." And they were coupled to fifty taches of
gold, as is said,(604) "And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and
couple the curtains together with the taches; and it shall be one
tabernacle." And the taches appeared in the tabernacle as stars in the
firmament. The length of the curtains was twenty-eight cubits, as is
said,(605) "the length of one curtain (shall be) eight and twenty cubits."
Take from them ten cubits for the breadth of the tabernacle, there will
remain nine cubits from the one side, and nine cubits from the other side.
They hung down and covered the boards till they reached the sockets. This
teaches that the sockets were one cubit high. And the breadth of the
curtains was forty cubits. As is said,(606) "and the breadth of one
curtain four cubits." Take from them thirty cubits from the east to the
west, which were on the roof of the tabernacle, and ten cubits to the west
behind the tabernacle, there are forty.

Chapter III

There were provided eleven curtains of goats' hair, and the length of
every one of them was thirty cubits, as is said, "And thou shalt make
curtains of goats' (hair) to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven
curtains shalt thou make. The length of one curtain (shall be) thirty
cubits."(607) And they were coupled in two vails, one of five, and one of
six, as is said, "And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and
six curtain