Exodus 36:17-27

17 They made fifty loops along the edge of the outside curtain of one set and fifty loops along the edge of the outside curtain of the other set.

18 Then they made fifty bronze rings to join the two sets of cloth together and make the tent one piece.

19 They made two more coverings for the outer tent -- one made of male sheepskins colored red and the other made of fine leather.

20 Then they made upright frames of acacia wood for the Holy Tent.

21 Each frame was fifteen feet tall and twenty-seven inches wide,

22 and there were two pegs side by side on each one. Every frame of the Holy Tent was made this same way.

23 They made twenty frames for the south side of the Tent,

24 and they made forty silver bases that went under the twenty frames. There were two bases for every frame -- one for each peg of each frame.

25 They also made twenty frames for the north side of the Holy Tent

26 and forty silver bases -- two to go under each frame.

27 They made six frames for the rear or west end of the Holy Tent

Exodus 36:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36

Bezaleel and Aholiab, with the artificers under them, having a call as well as qualifications for the service of the sanctuary, and having received from Moses the materials for it, set about it, Ex 36:1-3 but the people bringing more than was necessary, they acquaint Moses with it, who by a proclamation restrained from it, Ex 36:4-7 and next an account is given of the several things that were wrought by them, as first the curtains for the tabernacle, both of linen and goats' hair, and the coverings of them, Ex 36:8-19 next the boards for the tabernacle, and the sockets they were set in, and the bars for the boards, Ex 36:20-34 and then the vail which parted the most holy place from the holy place, and the hanging which divided between the holy place and the court, Ex 36:35-38.