Exodus 26:25-35

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

26 "Then you shall make ¹bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the rear side to the west.

28 "The middle bar in the center of the boards shall pass through from end to end.

29 "You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold.

30 "Then you shall erect the tabernacle ²according to its plan which you have been shown in the mountain.

The Veil and Screen

31 "You shall make ³a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.

32 "You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four sockets of silver.

33 "You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in ⁴the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition ⁵between the holy place and the holy of holies.

34 "⁶You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

35 "⁷You shall set the table outside * the veil, and the ⁸lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

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Exodus 26:25-35 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 8

1. Exodus 36:31
2. Exodus 25:9, 40; Acts 7:44; Hebrews 8:5
3. Exodus 36:35, 36; 2 Chronicles 3:14; Matthew 27:51; Hebrews 9:3
4. Exodus 25:16; Exodus 40:21
5. Hebrews 9:2
6. Exodus 25:21; Exodus 40:20; Leviticus 16:2
7. Exodus 40:22
8. Exodus 40:24

Footnotes 12

[a]. Or "bases"
[b]. Or "bases"
[c]. Or "bases"
[d]. Or "bases"
[e]. Lit "second"
[f]. Lit "extreme parts"
[g]. Lit "midst"
[h]. Or "violet"
[i]. Lit "put"
[j]. Or "bases"
[k]. Lit "put"
[l]. Lit "separate for you between"