EXO 26

Exodus 26:22

WEB

For the far side of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.

BSB

Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,

KJV

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

Matthew Henry

Verses 15–30

Exodus 26:15–30

Very particular directions are here given about the boards of the tabernacle, which were to bear up the curtains, as the stakes of a tent which had need to be strong, Isa 54:2. These boards had tenons which fell into the mortises that were made for them in silver bases. God took care to have every thing strong, as well as fine, in his tabernacle. Curtains without boards would have been shaken by every wind; but it is a good thing to have the heart established with grace, which is as the boards to support the curtains of profession, which otherwise will not hold out long. The boards were coupled together with gold rings at top and bottom (Exo 26:24), and kept firm with bars that ran through golden staples in every board (Exo 26:26), and the boards and bars were all richly gilded, Exo 26:29. Thus every thing in the tabernacle was very splendid, agreeable to that infant state of the church, when such things were proper enough to please children, to possess the minds of the worshippers with a reverence of the divine glory, and to affect them with the greatness of that prince who said, Here will I dwell; in allusion to this the new Jerusalem is said to be of pure gold, Rev 21:18. But the builders of the gospel church said, Silver and gold have we none; and yet the glory of their building far exceeded that of the tabernacle, Co2 3:10, Co2 3:11. How much better is wisdom than gold! No orders are given here about the floor of the tabernacle; probably that also was boarded; for we cannot think that within all these fine curtains they trod upon the cold or wet ground; if it was so left, it may remind us of Exo 20:24, An altar of earth shalt thou make unto me.

Cross-references: Isa 54:2 · Exod 26:24 · Exod 26:26 · Exod 26:29 · Rev 21:18 · 2Cor 3:10 · 2Cor 3:11 · Exod 20:24

Hebrew interlinear

H3411

יְרֵכָהyᵉrêkâh/yer-ay-kaw'/

n-f — flank, rear, recess

Derivation: feminine of 3409;

properly, the flank; but used only figuratively, the rear or recess

KJV: border, coast, part, quarter, side.

יַרְכָה

flank

[יַרְכָה, or יְרֵכָה] flank, side, du. extreme parts, recesses

H4908

מִשְׁכָּןmishkân/mish-kawn'/

n-m — residence, hut, lair, grave, Temple, the Tabernacle

Derivation: from 7931;

a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)

KJV: dwelleth, dwelling (place), habitation, tabernacle, tent.

מִשְׁכָּן

n.m — dwelling-place

מִשְׁכָּן 139 n.m. dwelling-place, ‘tabernacle

H3220

יָםyâm/yawm/

n-m — sea, large body of water, Mediterranean Sea, large river, artifical basin, west, south

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to roar;

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

KJV: sea (× -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

יָם

n.m — sea

יָם 390 n.m. sea

H6213

עָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/

v — do, make

Derivation: a primitive root;

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

עָשָׂה

vb — do

עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make

Qal 2524

I.

1. do (1560 t.)

2. deal with

3. oft. in phr. do kindness with

4. abs. act, act with effect

II.

1. make (670 t.)

2. produce, yield

3. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food

4. make offering

5. attend to, put in order

6. observe, celebrate, religious festival

7. acquire property of various kinds

8. appoint priests

9. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance

10. use

11. spend, pass, days of life

Niph. 97

1. be done

2.

a. be made, of concr. things

b. be produced from vine

c. be prepared, of food

d. be offered

e. be observed, passover

f. be used

Pu. I was made

עָשָׂה

vb — press

[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze

H8337

שֵׁשׁshêsh/shaysh/

n — six, sixth

Derivation: masculine שִׁשָּׁה; a primitive number; see 7797

six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal sixth

KJV: six(-teen, -teenth), sixth.

שֵׁשׁ

n.m — six

שֵׁשׁ, שִׁשָּׁה 216 n.m. et f. six

H7175

קֶרֶשׁqeresh/keh'-resh/

n-m — slab, deck

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to split off;

a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of a ship

KJV: bench, board.

קֶ֫רֶשׁ

n.m — board

קֶ֫רֶשׁ 51 n.m. board, boards

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