Exodus 26:26

26 "Make crossbars of acacia-wood, five for the planks of the one side of the tabernacle,

Exodus 26:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:26

And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood,
&e.] Which being put into rings or staples of gold, kept the boards tight, close, and firm together:

five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle:
for instance, the south side; four of these were placed, two at the upper end of the boards, and two at the lower end, and the fifth in the middle, particularly taken notice of, ( Exodus 26:28 ) , how long these bars were it is not said, but it is reasonable to conclude that they reached the length of the tabernacle, which was thirty cubits; and as it was not easy to get bars of such a length, the notion of Josephus ^F21 perhaps, may be right, that each two consisted of divers parts which joined one another, the head of one entering into the hollow of the other and as he supposes they were five cubits long, a row of them must have six parts, which went along the sides, north and south, and the west end two, which was but ten cubits.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 3. c. 6. sect. 3.)

Exodus 26:26 In-Context

24 these are to be double from the bottom all the way to the top but joined at a single ring. Do the same with both of them; they are to form the two corners.

25 Thus there will be eight planks with their silver sockets, sixteen sockets, two sockets under one plank and two under another.

26 "Make crossbars of acacia-wood, five for the planks of the one side of the tabernacle,

27 five crossbars for the planks of the other side of the tabernacle, and five crossbars for the planks at the side of the tabernacle at the rear toward the west.

28 The middle crossbar, halfway up the planks, is to extend from end to end.