Exodus 26:15

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
make	וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ ve.'a.Si.ta	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
boards	הַקְּרָשִׁ֖ים ha.ke.ra.Shim	H7175	a slab or plank · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
tabernacle	לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן la.mish.Kan	H4908	a residence (including a shepherd's hut · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
shittim	שִׁטִּ֖ים shi.Tim	H7848	the acacia (from its scourging thorns) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
wood	עֲצֵ֥י 'a.Tzei	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · noun, common masculine plural construct
up	עֹמְדִֽים 'o.me.Dim	H5975	to stand · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 36:20-33 And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
Exodus 25:5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
Exodus 26:18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
Exodus 26:22-29 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
Exodus 40:17-18 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Numbers 4:31-32 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle,…
Ephesians 2:20-21 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:15-30

Very particular directions are here given about the boards of the tabernacle, which were to bear up the curtains, as the stakes of a tent which had need to be strong, Isa 54:2. These boards had tenons which fell into the mortises that were made for them in silver bases. God took care to have every thing strong, as well as fine, in his tabernacle. Curtains without boards would have been shaken by every wind; but it is a good thing to have the heart established with grace, which is as the boards to support the curtains of profession, which otherwise will not hold out long. The boards were coupled together with gold rings at top and bottom (Exo 26:24), and kept firm with bars that ran through g…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 26:15

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 substantial fabric than a light and fragile tent, probably on account of the weight of its various coverings as well as for the protection of its precious furniture.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 26:15

Thou shalt make boards - These formed what might be called the walls of the tabernacle, and were made of shittim wood, the acacia Nilotica, which Dr. Shaw says grows here in abundance. To have worked the acacia into these boards or planks, the Israelites must have had sawyers, joiners, etc., among them; but how they got the tools is a question. But as the Israelites were the general workmen of Egypt, and were brought up to every kind of trade for the service of their oppressors, we may naturally suppose that every artificer brought off some of his tools with him. For though it is not at all likely that they had any armor or defensive weapons in their power, yet for the reason above assigned…

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Dictionary and topics

Acacia — (Heb. shittim) Ex. 25:5, R.V. probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the “shittah” tree (Isa. 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (Ex. 26:15, 26; 25:10, 13, 23, 28, etc.). This…
Shittim · .The boards in the tabernacle ma — .The boards in the tabernacle ma
Tabernacle · .The frame — .The frame

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 26:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:15-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 26:15

Adam Clarke on Exodus 26:15

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Exodus 26:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:15-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 26:15

Adam Clarke on Exodus 26:15

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 26:15

John Calvin on Exodus 26:1-30

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 26:15-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 26:15

Rashi on Exodus 26:15