Exodus 36:17-27

17 He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.

18 He also made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the long curtains together. In this way, the tent covering was made of one continuous piece.

19 He completed the tent covering with a layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.

20 For the framework of the Tabernacle, Bezalel constructed frames of acacia wood.

21 Each frame was 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,

22 with two pegs under each frame. All the frames were identical.

23 He made twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.

24 He also made forty silver bases—two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.

25 For the north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames,

26 with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame.

27 He made six frames for the rear—the west side of the Tabernacle—

Exodus 36:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 36

Bezaleel and Aholiab, with the artificers under them, having a call as well as qualifications for the service of the sanctuary, and having received from Moses the materials for it, set about it, Ex 36:1-3 but the people bringing more than was necessary, they acquaint Moses with it, who by a proclamation restrained from it, Ex 36:4-7 and next an account is given of the several things that were wrought by them, as first the curtains for the tabernacle, both of linen and goats' hair, and the coverings of them, Ex 36:8-19 next the boards for the tabernacle, and the sockets they were set in, and the bars for the boards, Ex 36:20-34 and then the vail which parted the most holy place from the holy place, and the hanging which divided between the holy place and the court, Ex 36:35-38.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew 10 cubits [4.6 meters] high and 1.5 cubits [69 centimeters] wide.