Exodus 26:18

18 twenty frames for the south side

Exodus 26:18 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:18

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle
As in the manner before described, so in number as follows:

twenty boards on the south side southward;
which being a cubit and a half broad, made the length of the tabernacle fifteen yards according to the common account; but if these were cubits of twenty one inches, then its length was much greater.

Exodus 26:18 In-Context

16 each section of frame fifteen feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide,
17 with two pegs for securing them. Make all the frames identical:
18 twenty frames for the south side
19 with forty silver sockets to receive the two pegs from each of the twenty frames;
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