Exodus 36:21-31

21 The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.

22 Every board had two tongues fixed into it; all the boards were made in this way.

23 They made twenty boards for the south side of the House:

24 And for these twenty boards, forty silver bases, two bases under every board, to take its tongues.

25 And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,

26 With their forty silver bases, two bases for every board.

27 And for the west side of the House, at the back, they made six boards,

28 And two boards for the angles at the back.

29 These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.

30 So there were eight boards with sixteen bases of silver, two bases under every board.

31 And they made rods of hard wood; five for the boards on one side of the House,

Exodus 36:21-31 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.