And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
The covering of rams' skins dyed red - (see Exodus 25:5). It was probably red morocco leather; and "badgers' skins" - rather, the skins of the tahash, supposed to be the dugong, or dolphin of the Red Sea, the skin of which is still used by the Arabs under the same appellation.