Exodus 26 · Verse 15

Exodus 26:15

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
Exodus 26:15, King James Version

Exodus 26:15 in other translations

BSBYou are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
WEB“You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.
ASVAnd thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
YLT‘And thou hast made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up;
DARBYAnd the boards for the tabernacle thou shalt make of acacia-wood, standing up;
BBEAnd you are to make upright boards of hard wood for the House.
WebsterAnd thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

What does Exodus 26:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 26:15-30
15-30. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 they must have had the implements which were requisite for their respective trades.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 26:15-30
The sockets of silver each weighed about 115 pounds; they were placed in rows on the ground. In every pair of these sockets, a strong board of shittim-wood, covered with plates of gold, was fitted by mortises and tenons. Thus walls were formed for the two sides, and for the west end. The wall was further held together by bars, which passed through rings of gold. Over this the curtains were spread. Though movable, it was strong and firm. The materials were very costly. In all this it was a type of the church of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner-stone, Ep 2:20, 21.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Exodus 26:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will makeH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַקְּרָשִׁ֖יםha.ke.ra.Shimthe framesH7175
לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ןla.mish.Kanfor the tabernacleH4908
עֲצֵ֥י'a.Tzeiwood<s> ofH6086
שִׁטִּ֖יםshi.TimacaciaH7848
עֹמְדִֽים\׃'o.me.Dimstanding uprightH5975

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 26:15

  • Exodus 36:20-33

    And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: …

  • 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. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

  • 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, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

  • Ephesians 2:20-21

    And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

  • Exodus 26:22-29

    And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. …

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
boards.
18,22-29; 36:20-33; 40:17,18; Nu 4:31,32; Eph 2:20,21
of shittim.
25:5

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Context

  • Exodus 26:14

    And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers’ skins.

  • Exodus 26:15

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

  • Exodus 26:16

    Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

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Exodus 26:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y harás para el tabernáculo tablas de madera de Sittim, que estén derechas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu feras les ais pour le tabernacle; ils seront de bois de sittim, placés debout;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Bretter zu der Wohnung sollst du von Akazienholz machen, aufrechtstehend;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Facies et tabulas stantes tabernaculi de lignis setim,