Exodus 26:31-37

Listen to Exodus 26:31-37
31 1“And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and 2fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim 3skillfully worked into it.
32 And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.
33 And you shall hang 4the veil from the clasps, and bring 5the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
34 6You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
35 And 7you shall set the table outside the veil, and the 8lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.
36 “You shall make a 9screen for the entrance of the tent, of 10blue and purple and scarlet yarns and 11fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework.
37 And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.

Exodus 26:31-37 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.

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Cross References 11

  • 1. 26:31 ch. 36:35; [Lev. 16:2; 2 Chr. 3:14; Matt. 27:51; Heb. 9:3]
  • 2. 26:31 ver. 1
  • 3. 26:31 ver. 1
  • 4. 26:33 [See ver. 31 above]
  • 5. 26:33 See ch. 16:34
  • 6. 26:34 ch. 25:21; 40:20
  • 7. 26:35 ch. 40:22; Heb. 9:2
  • 8. 26:35 ch. 40:24
  • 9. 26:36 ch. 27:16; 36:37
  • 10. 26:36 ver. 1, 31; ch. 25:4
  • 11. 26:36 [See ver. 31 above]
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