Exodus 26:20

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

Exodus 26:20 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:20

And for the second side of the tabernacle the north side
The direction of the tabernacle was east and west; at the east end was the entrance into the holy place, and at the west end the holy of holies; and the two sides were north and south; and as on the south side, so on the north

[there shall be] twenty boards:
just the same number as the laws of building required.

Exodus 26:20 In-Context

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,
21 Having forty sockets of silver, two sockets shall be put under each board.
22 But on the west side of the tabernacle thou shalt make six boards.
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