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And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
Exodus 26:13
Arcana Coelestia #9616
9616. 'Eleven curtains you shall make them' means all the truths that it consists of. This is clear from the meaning of 'eleven' as all, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'curtains from goats' as truths derived from external celestial good, dealt with immediately above in 9615. The reason why 'eleven' means all is that ten curtains constituted the actual tent, while the eleventh trailed back as an additional one over the rear parts of the dwelling-place, as becomes clear from verses 9, 12-13 that follow. For the meaning of 'ten' as all, see 4638, 9595.
