Exodus 26 · Verse 28

Exodus 26:28

And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
Exodus 26:28, King James Version

Exodus 26:28 in other translations

BSBThe central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.
WEBThe middle bar in the middle of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
ASVAnd the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
YLTand one hath caused the middle bar in the midst of the boards to reach from end unto end;
DARBYand the middle bar in the midst of the boards reaching from one end to the other.
BBEAnd the middle rod is to go through the rings of all the boards from end to end.
WebsterAnd the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

What does Exodus 26:28 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 26:28 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.

וְהַבְּרִ֥יחַve.ha.be.Ri.achand the barH1280
הַתִּיכֹ֖ןha.ti.Khon<the> middleH8484
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] middle ofH8432
הַקְּרָשִׁ֑יםha.ke.ra.Shimthe framesH7175
מַבְרִ֕חַmav.Ri.ach[will be] passing throughH1272
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הַקָּצֶ֖הha.ka.Tzehthe endH7097
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַקָּצֶֽה\׃ha.ka.Tzehthe endH7097

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

Context

  • Exodus 26:27

    And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

  • Exodus 26:28

    And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

  • Exodus 26:29

    And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

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Exodus 26:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y la barra del medio pasará por medio de las tablas, del un cabo al otro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et la traverse du milieu sera au milieu des ais, courant d’un bout à l’autre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und den mittleren Riegel in der Mitte der Bretter durchlaufend von einem Ende zum anderen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui mittentur per medias tabulas a summo usque ad summum.