28 heeft geen betekenis in de Bijbel — Het meet de gordijnen van de tabernakel

28 has no symbolic meaning in Scripture. Where it does appear, most memorably, is as a measurement — the length of each curtain of the tabernacle. Which opens onto something more interesting than the number. The curtains All the curtains are to be the same size — twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide. (Exodus 26:2) The instruction is repeated when the work is carried out (Exodus 36:9), because Exodus describes the tabernacle twice: once as God gives the specification,…