Exodus 26:26

26 "You shall make bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tent,

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Exodus 26:26 In-Context

24 They shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire to the top of it to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
25 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
26 "You shall make bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tent,
27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tent, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tent, for the far part westward.
28 The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
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