Exodus 26:15

15 "Make the upright planks for the tabernacle out of acacia-wood.

Exodus 26:15 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:15

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle
Which were the pillars and supports, and properly the walls of it, which gave it its firmness and security, or otherwise the curtains would have been blown about by every wind: they were to be made

of shittim wood standing up;
just as they grew, as a Jewish writer observes ^F16; these planks or boards were not to be laid along the lengthways of them, but to be set upright; and may denote such who are pillars in the house of God, and are to be upright both in heart and conversation, both ministers and private members; and indeed the church itself is the pillar and ground of truth, ( Galatians 2:9 ) ( Revelation 3:12 ) ( 1 Timothy 3:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Bartenora in Misn. Succa, c. 3. sect. 14.

Exodus 26:15 In-Context

13 and the eighteen inches on the one side and the eighteen inches on the other side of that remaining in the length of the sheets forming the tent is to hang over the tabernacle to cover it on each side.

14 "You are to make a covering for the tent of tanned ram skins and an outer covering of fine leather.

15 "Make the upright planks for the tabernacle out of acacia-wood.

16 Each plank is to be fifteen feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet wide.

17 There are to be two projections on each plank, and the planks are to be joined one to another. That is how you are to make all the planks for the tabernacle.