Exodus 26:15-25

Exodus 26:15-25

[15] And thou shalt make  boards  for the tabernacle  of shittim  wood  standing up.  [16] Ten  cubits  shall be the length  of a board,  and a cubit  and a half  shall be the breadth  of one  board.  [17] Two  tenons  shall there be in one  board,  set in order  one  against another:  thus shalt thou make  for all the boards  of the tabernacle.  [18] And thou shalt make  the boards  for the tabernacle,  twenty  boards  on the south  side  southward.  [19] And thou shalt make  forty  sockets  of silver  under the twenty  boards;  two  sockets  under one  board  for his two  tenons,  and two  sockets  under another  board  for his two  tenons.  [20] And for the second  side  of the tabernacle  on the north  side  there shall be twenty  boards:  [21] And their forty  sockets  of silver;  two  sockets  under one  board,  and two  sockets  under another  board.  [22] And for the sides  of the tabernacle  westward  thou shalt make  six  boards.  [23] And two  boards  shalt thou make  for the corners  of the tabernacle  in the two sides.  [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;  corners.  [25] And they shall be eight  boards,  and their sockets  of silver,  sixteen  sockets;  two  sockets  under one  board,  and two  sockets  under another  board. 

What does Exodus 26:15-25 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

It is not clear whether these boards were solid or simply "frames" (NIV). The meaning of the Hebrew word (garesh, "boards") is uncertain. The latter view is probable. [1] If they were solid, the priests would not have been able to see the colorful curtains hanging down over the outside of the tabernacle from within. If these boards were frames, they could have seen them, or at least the most interior covering, through the walls. The embroidered curtains seem to have been visible overhead in either case and may have reminded the priests of God"s celestial throne.