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Exodus 36:31

in Exodus 36

He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

KJV

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

This verse in Exodus 36

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

He also made five crossbars of acacia wood

on Exodus 36:31-34

Five bars a side lock the gilded boards into one wall. The frame is pinned and still built to come apart. Numbers 4:31 gives its boards, bars, pillars and sockets to the sons of Merari to carry.

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 Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He made bars - See on Exo 26:26 (note), etc.

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

  • בְּרִיחֵ֖יbars of

    bericheiH1280 →40 times

  • עֲצֵ֣יwood<s> of

    ʾatzeiH6086 →328 times

  • שִׁטִּ֑יםacacia

    shitimH7848 →28 times

  • חֲמִשָּׁ֕הfive [bars]

    chamishahH2568 →343 times

  • לְקַרְשֵׁ֥יfor [the] frames of

    lekarsheiH7175 →51 times

  • צֶֽלַע־[the] side of

    tzela'-H6763 →40 times

  • הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןthe tabernacle

    hamishkanH4908 →139 times

  • הָאֶחָֽת׃<the> one

    haechatH259 →971 times

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

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 25:28

    Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 25:27

      The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Acts 9:15

      “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

    • Numbers 10:17

      Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

    • Exodus 25:14

      Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.

  • Through

    Exodus 30:5

    Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 25:13

      And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.