Exodus 26 · Verse 23

Exodus 26:23

And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
Exodus 26:23, King James Version

Exodus 26:23 in other translations

BSBand two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
WEBYou shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far side.
ASVAnd two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part.
YLTAnd two boards thou dost make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
DARBYAnd two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear;
BBEWith two boards for the angles of the House at the back.
WebsterAnd two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

What does Exodus 26:23 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…

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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…

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Exodus 26:23 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.

וּשְׁנֵ֤יu.she.Neiand twoH8147
קְרָשִׁים֙ke.ra.ShimframesH7175
תַּעֲשֶׂ֔הta.'a.Sehyou will makeH6213
לִמְקֻצְעֹ֖תlim.kutz.'Otfor [the] corners ofH4742
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908
בַּיַּרְכָתָֽיִם\׃bai.yar.kha.Ta.yimin the innermost partsH3411

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

Context

  • Exodus 26:22

    And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

  • Exodus 26:23

    And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

  • Exodus 26:24

    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.

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Exodus 26:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Harás además dos tablas para las esquinas del tabernáculo en los dos ángulos posteriores;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu feras deux ais pour les angles du tabernacle, au fond;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und zwei Bretter sollst du für die Winkel der Wohnung an der Hinterseite machen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et rursum alias duas quæ in angulis erigantur post tergum tabernaculi.