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Exodus 26:30
30You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you have been shown on the mountain.
Exodus 26:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
- New International Version (NIV)“Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.
Context of Exodus 26:30
28The central crossbar is to run through the middle of the supports from one end to the other. 29Then overlay the supports with gold, and make their rings of gold as the holders for the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold. You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you have been shown on the mountain. 31“You are to make a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen with a design of cherubim worked into it. 32Hang it on four gold-plated pillars of acacia wood that have gold hooks and that stand on four silver bases.
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וַהֲקֵמֹתָ֖ אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן כְּמִ֨שְׁפָּט֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָרְאֵ֖יתָ בָּהָֽר׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 26:30
- Exodus 40:2“You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.
- Numbers 10:21The Kohathites then set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
- Joshua 18:1The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land had been subdued before them,
- Hebrews 8:2a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not man.
- Exodus 25:9You must make it according to all that I show you — the pattern of the tabernacle as well as the pattern of all its furnishings.
- Exodus 27:8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. They are to make it just as it was shown to you on the mountain.
- Acts 7:44“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
- Hebrews 8:5These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.
- Hebrews 9:23Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.
Commentaries on Exodus 26:30
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-37Verses 1-37 (Compare Exodus 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exodus 26:7-13, and its covering Exodus 26:14 (Compare Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33-34; Exodus 40:19, Exodus 40:34; Numbers 3:25, etc.). These parts are very clearly distinguished in the Hebrew, but they are confounded in many places of the English Version (see Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:9, etc.). The tabernacle itself was to consist of curtains of fine linen woven with colored figures of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-30Verses 15-30 The sockets of silver each weighed about 115 pounds; they were placed in rows on the ground. In every pair of these sockets, a strong board of shittim-wood, covered with plates of gold, was fitted by mortises and tenons. Thus walls were formed for the two sides, and for the west end. The wall was further held together by bars, which passed through rings of gold. Over this the curtains were spread. Though movable, it was strong and firm. The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-37The tabernacle itself (not including the courtyard around it) was not very large. It was about 4.6 meters (15 feet) wide and 13.7 meters (45 feet) long. The main structure stood on 48 vertical frames. Each frame was 4.6 meters (15 feet) high and 68.6 centimeters (27 inches) wide (26:16). The frames were made of acacia wood and covered with gold (26:15, 29). Workers joined the frames together with horizontal crossbars. These bars formed a three-sided…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-3015-30. thou shalt make boards ... rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion ... which was showed thee--The tabernacle, from its name as well as from its general appearance and arrangements, was a tent; but from the description given in these verses, the boards that formed its walls, the five (cross) bars that strengthened them, and the middle bar that "reached from end to end," and gave it solidity and compactness, it was evidently a more…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 26
- 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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