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Exodus 36:23

in Exodus 36

He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward;

KJV

And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

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This verse in Exodus 36

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This 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

twenty frames for the south side

The twenty south frames carry out 26:18. The rear wall faces west at verse 27, so the entrance opened to the east. Exodus 40:24 sets the lampstand on this south side of the tent.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

9 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he made

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַקְּרָשִׁ֖יםthe frames

    hakerashimH7175 →51 times

  • לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ןfor the tabernacle

    lamishkanH4908 →139 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֣יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • קְרָשִׁ֔יםframes

    kerashimH7175 →51 times

  • לִפְאַ֖תfor [the] side of

    lifatH6285 →86 times

  • נֶ֥גֶב[the] south

    negevH5045 →112 times

  • תֵּימָֽנָה׃south -ward

    teimanahH8486 →23 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 36 →

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.

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