Exodus 26:15

15 And thou shalt make the posts of the tabernacle of incorruptible 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 A cubit on this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it.

14 And thou shalt make for a covering of the tabernacle rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above.

15 And thou shalt make the posts of the tabernacle of incorruptible wood.

16 Of ten cubits shalt thou make one post, and the breadth of one post of a cubit and a half.

17 Two joints shalt thou make in one post, answering the one to the other: so shalt thou do to all the posts of the tabernacle.