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Exodus 26:15-33

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15 “Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
16 Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,[a]
17 with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
18 Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
19 and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
20 For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames
21 and forty silver bases—two under each frame.
22 Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
23 and make two frames for the corners at the far end.
24 At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.
25 So there will be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
26 “Also make crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
27 five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
28 The center crossbar is to extend from end to end at the middle of the frames.
29 Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
30 “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.
31 “Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
32 Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
33 Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
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Exodus 26:15-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 26

In this chapter a description is given of the tabernacle itself, and first of its inward curtains, of their number, matter, length, and breadth, and the manner of coupling them together, Ex 26:1-6, and then of the outward curtains of it, their number, matter, length, and breadth, and coupling, and how disposed of, Ex 26:7-13, and next of the two coverings of the tabernacle, of rams' skins and badgers' skins, Ex 22:14, the boards for the tabernacle are also described, with their tenons and sockets, Ex 26:15-25 and the bars and rings for it, by which it was kept firm together, Ex 26:26-30, an account is given of the vail between the holy and the most holy place, Ex 26:31-35, and of the hanging for the door of the tabernacle, Ex 26:36,37.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

  • 1. ver 21,25,32; Exodus 38:27
  • 2. S ver 19
  • 3. Exodus 40:2; Numbers 9:15
  • 4. S Exodus 25:9; Exodus 25:9,40; Acts 7:44; Hebrews 8:5
  • 5. Numbers 4:5; 2 Chronicles 3:14; Matthew 27:51; Luke 23:45; Hebrews 9:3
  • 6. S Exodus 25:18; Exodus 36:35
  • 7. S ver 19
  • 8. Exodus 27:21; Exodus 35:12; Exodus 40:3,21; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:5; 2 Chronicles 3:14
  • 9. Leviticus 16:2,16; 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 7:50; 1 Kings 8:6; 2 Chronicles 3:8; 2 Chronicles 5:7; Ezekiel 41:4; Hebrews 9:2-3

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, about 15 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide or about 4.5 meters long and 68 centimeters wide
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