This verse repeats the instructions of verse 4. The only new idea is that there should be fifty loops along the edge of each set, and that they should be placed opposite one another. This means that each of the loops on one set will be aligned with a corresponding loop on the other set.

Quoted with permission from Osborn, Noel D. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Exodus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1999. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .