Exodus 26:16-26

16 Each frame is to be 15 feet long and 27 inches wide,

17 with two matching projections, so that the frames can be joined together. All the frames are to have these projections.

18 Make twenty frames for the south side

19 and forty silver bases to go under them, two bases under each frame to hold its two projections.

20 Make twenty frames for the north side of the Tent

21 and forty silver bases, two under each frame.

22 For the back of the Tent on the west, make six frames,

23 and two frames for the corners.

24 These corner frames are to be joined at the bottom and connected all the way to the top. The two frames that form the two corners are to be made in this way.

25 So there will be eight frames with their sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.

26 "Make fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,

Exodus 26:16-26 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.