complete verse (Exodus 26:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 26:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those tied together/looped things should be reaching fifty in each of those two big cloths.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “There are to be fifty loops on the edge of the cloth that was first joined previously and the likewise also fifty loops on the edge of the cloth that was later joined. The loops must be opposite each other.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “50 loops/things-like-rings are to-be-put on each edge/end and must-be facing each other.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Sew fifty ring-handles on the edge of one big cloth, and sew fifty more ring-handles onto the opposite edge of the other big cloth.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “you shall sew inside of loops which be 50 at edge of one, and inside of loops which be 50 at edge of the one, make it meet mouth.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “They must put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on Exod 26:5

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 .