Berean Standard Bible
Exodus 36:20
20Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Exodus 36:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
- New International Version (NIV)They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright.
Context of Exodus 36:20
18He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit. 19Additionally, he made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather. Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 22Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
Read all of Exodus 36Exodus 36:20 word by word
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁ֖ים לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֖ים עֹמְדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 36:20
- Exodus 26:15You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
- Exodus 40:18When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- Exodus 25:5ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Deuteronomy 10:3So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
Commentaries on Exodus 36:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20And he made boards - See Clarke's note on Exodus 26:15, etc.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38Much of the report about building the Tent of Meeting repeats what 25:1–31:18 said. There is a change from the imperative mood to the indicative, and there are certain changes in the order. This repetition emphasizes that the work was done exactly as God commanded (see 40:16). The people had tried to secure God's presence their own way with the gold calf, which led to disaster. Now, by following God's way, they received blessings (40:34–38).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-381. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, &c.--Here is an illustrious example of zeal and activity in the work of the Lord. No unnecessary delay was allowed to take place; and from the moment the first pole was stuck in the ground till the final completion of the sacred edifice, he and his associates labored with all the energies both of mind and body engaged in the work. And what was the mainspring of their arduous and untiring…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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