Exodus 26:22

Exodus 26:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
• New International Version (NIV)Make six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the far side of the tabernacle, westward, you shall make six boards.

Context of Exodus 26:22

20Also make 20 boards for the north side of the tabernacle. 21Make 40 silver bases, two bases under each board. Make six boards for the west side, at the back of the tabernacle. 23Then make two boards for the corners at the back of the tabernacle. 24You must fix the two boards together, from the bottom to the top. Use a ring to fix them together at the top. Make both the corners in the same way.

Exodus 26:22 word by word

וּֽלְיַרְכְּתֵ֥י הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן יָ֑מָּה תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה שִׁשָּׁ֥ה קְרָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And for the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• westwardיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• boardsקֶ֫רֶשׁqeresh · boardH7175

Commentaries on Exodus 26:22

• 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

Topics related to Exodus 26:22

• Shittim
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

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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