Exodus 26:28-37

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 ¹according to its plan which you have been shown in the mountain.

The Veil and Screen

31 "You shall make ²a 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 ³the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition ⁴between the holy place and the holy of holies.

34 "⁵You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

35 "⁶You shall set the table outside * the veil, and the ⁷lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side.

36 "⁸You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.

37 "⁹You shall make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold, their hooks also being of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.

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Exodus 26:28-37 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. Exodus 25:9, 40; Acts 7:44; Hebrews 8:5
2. Exodus 36:35, 36; 2 Chronicles 3:14; Matthew 27:51; Hebrews 9:3
3. Exodus 25:16; Exodus 40:21
4. Hebrews 9:2
5. Exodus 25:21; Exodus 40:20; Leviticus 16:2
6. Exodus 40:22
7. Exodus 40:24
8. Exodus 36:37
9. Exodus 36:38

Footnotes 10

[a]. Lit "midst"
[b]. Or "violet"
[c]. Lit "put"
[d]. Or "bases"
[e]. Lit "put"
[f]. Lit "separate for you between"
[g]. Or "violet"
[h]. Lit "variegator;" i.e. a weaver in colors
[i]. Or "bases"
[j]. Or "copper"