Exodus 26:18

Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Yahweh gives Moses the architectural specifications for the tabernacle’s framework on Mount Sinai. The words — קֶ֔רֶשׁ (Ke.resh) = frame[s] and נֶ֥גְבָּ/ה (Neg.ba/h) = south/ward. The thread — The instruction for these frames links directly to the tenon requirements in Exodus 26:17 and the silver base placement in Exodus 26:19. Why it lands — The text commands the exact construction and placement of twenty frames for the southern boundary, requiring the builder to follow the divine layout without alteration.

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The Hebrew words

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָve./'a.Si.taand/ you will make אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַקְּרָשִׁ֖יםha./ke.ra.Shimthe/ frames לַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ןla./mish.Kanfor the/ tabernacle עֶשְׂרִ֣ים'es.Rimtwenty קֶ֔רֶשׁKe.reshframe[s]לִפְאַ֖תli/f.'Atfor/ [the] side of נֶ֥גְבָּהNeg.ba/hsouth/ -ward תֵימָֽנָה׃tei.Ma.na/hsouth/ -ward

King James Version

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.