Exodus 36:21
in Exodus 36Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
KJV
The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
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This verse in Exodus 36
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood
on Exodus 36:20-26
The frames stand in silver bases, forty on the south and forty on the north. Exodus 38:27 says the silver was a hundred talents of atonement money, a talent to a base. So the frame of the dwelling stands on ransom money.
This site's exposition
Each frame was ten cubits long
The measure carries out 26:16. Twenty frames a cubit and a half wide made each long side thirty cubits. The temple of 1 Kings 6:2 doubled that length to sixty cubits.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
In the building of a house there is a great deal of work about the doors and partitions. In the tabernacle these were answerable to the rest of the fabric; there were curtains for doors, and veils for partitions. There was a veil made for a partition between the holy place, and the most holy,
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֶ֥שֶׂר | ʾeser | [was] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| אַמֹּ֖ות | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| אֹ֣רֶךְ | ʾorekh | [the] length of | H753 → | 95 times |
| הַקָּ֑רֶשׁ | hakaresh | the frame | H7175 → | 51 times |
| וְאַמָּה֙ | veamah | and [was] a cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| וַחֲצִ֣י | vachatzi | and [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| הָֽאַמָּ֔ה | haamah | <the> cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| רֹ֖חַב | rochav | [the] breadth of | H7341 → | 101 times |
| הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁ | hakeresh | the frame | H7175 → | 51 times |
| הָאֶחָֽד׃ | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
עֶ֥שֶׂר[was] ten
ʾeserH6235 →176 times
אַמֹּ֖ותcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
אֹ֣רֶךְ[the] length of
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
הַקָּ֑רֶשׁthe frame
hakareshH7175 →51 times
וְאַמָּה֙and [was] a cubit
veamahH520 →247 times
וַחֲצִ֣יand [the] half of
vachatziH2677 →125 times
הָֽאַמָּ֔ה<the> cubit
haamahH520 →247 times
רֹ֖חַב[the] breadth of
rochavH7341 →101 times
הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁthe frame
hakereshH7175 →51 times
הָאֶחָֽד׃<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.