Exodus 26:18

18 Of which twenty shall be in the south side southward.

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 Let every one of them be ten cubits in length, and in breadth one cubit and a half.

17 In the sides of the boards shall be made two mortises, whereby one board may be joined to another board: and after this manner shall all the boards be prepared.

18 Of which twenty shall be in the south side southward.

19 For which thou shalt cast forty sockets of silver, that under every board may be put two sockets at the two corners.

20 In the second side also of the tabernacle that looketh to the north, there shall be twenty boards,