Exodus 26:25-35

25 So there will be eight frames with their sixteen silver bases, two under each frame.

26 "Make fifteen crossbars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the Tent,

27 five for the frames on the other side, and five for the frames on the west end, at the back.

28 The middle crossbar, set halfway up the frames, is to extend from one end of the Tent to the other.

29 Cover the frames with gold and fit them with gold rings to hold the crossbars, which are also to be covered with gold.

30 Set up the Tent according to the plan that I showed you on the mountain.

31 "Make a curtain of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool. Embroider it with figures of winged creatures.

32 Hang it on four posts of acacia wood covered with gold, fitted with hooks, and set in four silver bases.

33 Place the curtain under the row of hooks in the roof of the Tent, and put behind the curtain the Covenant Box containing the two stone tablets. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. ¹

34 Put the lid on the Covenant Box.

35 Outside the Most Holy Place put the table against the north side of the Tent and the lampstand against the south side.

Exodus 26:25-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 26

In this chapter a description is given of the tabernacle itself, and first of its inward curtains, of their number, matter, length, and breadth, and the manner of coupling them together, Ex 26:1-6, and then of the outward curtains of it, their number, matter, length, and breadth, and coupling, and how disposed of, Ex 26:7-13, and next of the two coverings of the tabernacle, of rams' skins and badgers' skins, Ex 22:14, the boards for the tabernacle are also described, with their tenons and sockets, Ex 26:15-25 and the bars and rings for it, by which it was kept firm together, Ex 26:26-30, an account is given of the vail between the holy and the most holy place, Ex 26:31-35, and of the hanging for the door of the tabernacle, Ex 26:36,37.

Cross References

• 1. 26.33Hebrews 6.19; 9.3-5.