Exodus 26:15-25

Boards and Sockets

15 "Then you shall make ¹the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

16 "Ten cubits shall be the length of each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.

17 "There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 "You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side.

19 "You shall make forty ²sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons;

20 and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,

21 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

22 "For the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards.

23 "You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear.

24 "They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete to its top to the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.

25 "There shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen * sockets; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board.

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Exodus 26:15-25 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 2

1. Exodus 36:20-34
2. Exodus 38:27

Footnotes 17

[a]. Lit "the"
[b]. Lit "bound"
[c]. Lit "toward the side of the Negev to the south"
[d]. Or "bases"
[e]. Or "bases"
[f]. Or "bases"
[g]. Or "bases"
[h]. Or "bases"
[i]. Or "bases"
[j]. Lit "extreme parts"
[k]. Lit "extreme parts"
[l]. Or "at its head"
[m]. Or "with reference to"
[n]. Or "bases"
[o]. Or "bases"
[p]. Or "bases"
[q]. Or "bases"