“Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.
Parallel translations
- WEB “You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
- KJV And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
- BSB You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
- NKJV “And for the tabernacle you shall make the boards of acacia wood, standing upright.
- NLT “For the framework of the Tabernacle, construct frames of acacia wood.
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Quick answer
The tabernacle's frame was to be made of upright boards of acacia wood. These standing frames gave the structure its rigid shape beneath the curtains.
Overview
Acacia wood, durable and resistant to decay, formed the load-bearing frames that held up the coverings. The sturdy skeleton beneath the beautiful curtains gave the tabernacle both strength and form. The incorruptible wood, overlaid with gold, has long been seen as picturing the union of true humanity and divine glory fulfilled in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 36:20–33He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
- Num 4:31–32This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
- Exod 26:18You shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
- Eph 2:20–21being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
- Exod 40:17–18In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.
- Exod 26:22–29For the far part of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
- Exod 25:5rams’ skins dyed red, sea cow hides, acacia wood,
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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