Exodus 26:12-22

12 And the folded part which is over of the curtains of the tent, the half-curtain which is folded back, will be hanging down over the back of the House.

13 And the cubit which is over of the ten curtains at the sides will be hanging over the two sides of the House as a cover.

14 And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that.

15 And you are to make upright boards of hard wood for the House.

16 Every board is to be ten cubits high and a cubit and a half wide.

17 Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.

18 These are the boards needed for the house; twenty boards for the south side,

19 With forty silver bases under the twenty boards, two bases under every board to take its tongues.

20 And twenty boards for the second side of the house on the north,

21 With their forty silver bases, two under every board.

22 And six boards for the back of the House on the west,

Exodus 26:12-22 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.