Exodus 26:22

22 "And for the rear of the tabernacle {on the west} you will make six frames.

Exodus 26:22 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:22

And for the sides of the tabernacle
Or the ends of it, the east and west, and the account begins with the west:

westward thou shalt make six boards;
so that the breadth of the tabernacle was but nine cubits, or four yards and a half, according to a common cubit; but two boards more placed at the two corners of the sides, next observed, added to the breadth of it.

Exodus 26:22 In-Context

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, [there will be] twenty frames

21 and their forty silver bases, [with] two bases under the one frame and two bases under the {next} frame.

22 "And for the rear of the tabernacle {on the west} you will make six frames.

23 And you will make two frames for the tabernacle corners at the rear.

24 They will be double at the bottom, and they will be completely together on its top to the one ring; it will be likewise for the two of them; they will be for the two corners.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "westward," literally "seaward," toward the Mediterranean Sea
• [b]. Or "boards" or "planks"