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Exodus 36:20
Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes the craftsmen executing the tabernacle construction immediately after completing the tent coverings.
The words — וַיַּעַשׂ (wa-yā‘ās, "he made") and עֹמְדִים (‘ō-mə-dîm, "standing upright") specify that the artisan fashioned the frames in a vertical position.
The thread — This structural detail parallels the earlier command in Exodus 26:15 and reuses the acacia wood specified in Exodus 25:5 and 25:10.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track the precise, sequential assembly of the sanctuary's foundational framework.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.
Cross-references
- Exodus 25:5 ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
- Exodus 25:10 And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 26:15 You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
- Exodus 40:18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- Numbers 25:1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Deuteronomy 10:3 So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.