Exodus 36:20

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

18And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19And he made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins above that . And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. 21The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Exodus 36:20 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ אֶת־הַקְּרָשִׁ֖ים לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן עֲצֵ֥י שִׁטִּ֖ים עֹמְדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• boardsקֶ֫רֶשׁqeresh · boardH7175
• tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• shittimשִׁטָּהshiţţâh shiţţîym · acaciaH7848
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• upעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: riseH5975

Cross-references for Exodus 36:20

• Exodus 26:15And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
• Exodus 40:18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars.
• Exodus 25:5And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
• Numbers 25:1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
• Deuteronomy 10:3And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up to the mount, having the two tables in my hand.

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

Topics related to Exodus 36:20

• Ablution
• Israel
• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Hold
• Atonement, Day of
• Badger
• Board
• Clasps
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch

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