The Meaning of Exodus 26:33 Explained

Exodus 26:33

KJV: And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

YLT: 'And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.

Darby: And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy place and the holiest of all.

ASV: And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thou shalt hang up  the vail  under the taches,  that thou mayest bring  in thither within  the vail  the ark  of the testimony:  and the vail  shall divide  unto you between the holy  [place] and the most  holy. 

What does Exodus 26:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 26:26-37 - The Veil And The Screen
The boards that made the sides and back of the Tabernacle were of wood covered with gold, and set in sockets of silver. They were knit together by the five long bars that passed through the rings, parallel with the ground. The veil typified the separation between man and God, the awful barrier that sin has caused, which shuts out from the enjoyment of God all save those who can enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus. Men had impressed on them their unworthiness to approach God. The cherubic forms woven on the veil reminded them of Genesis 3:24. They were led to anticipate the hour when a new and living way would be opened.
The division of the Tabernacle suggests two degrees of nearness to God, or two stages in Christian living. You may know the great brazen altar which is Calvary; and the showbread table and candlestick; but there is something beyond these for those who have learned the meaning of the rent veil and the Cross! See Matthew 27:51; Galatians 2:20. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 26

1  The ten curtains of the tabernacle
7  The eleven curtains of goats' hair, the covering of rams' and badgers' skins
15  The boards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and bars
31  The veil for the ark
36  The hanging for the door

What do the individual words in Exodus 26:33 mean?

And you shall hang - the veil from the clasps and you shall bring in there behind the veil - the ark of the Testimony and shall be a divider the veil for you between the holy [place] and - the Most Holy
וְנָתַתָּ֣ה אֶת־ הַפָּרֹכֶת֮ תַּ֣חַת הַקְּרָסִים֒ וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ שָׁ֙מָּה֙ מִבֵּ֣ית לַפָּרֹ֔כֶת אֵ֖ת אֲר֣וֹן הָעֵד֑וּת וְהִבְדִּילָ֤ה הַפָּרֹ֙כֶת֙ לָכֶ֔ם בֵּ֣ין הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ וּבֵ֖ין קֹ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים

וְנָתַתָּ֣ה  And  you  shall  hang 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַפָּרֹכֶת֮  the  veil 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרֹכֶת  
Sense: curtain, veil.
הַקְּרָסִים֒  the  clasps 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֶרֶס  
Sense: hook.
וְהֵבֵאתָ֥  and  you  shall  bring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
שָׁ֙מָּה֙  in  there 
Parse: Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
מִבֵּ֣ית  behind 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לַפָּרֹ֔כֶת  the  veil 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרֹכֶת  
Sense: curtain, veil.
אֵ֖ת  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֲר֣וֹן  the  ark 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: אֲרֹון  
Sense: chest, ark.
הָעֵד֑וּת  of  the  Testimony 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵדוּת  
Sense: testimony.
וְהִבְדִּילָ֤ה  and  shall  be  a  divider 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּדַל  
Sense: to divide, separate.
הַפָּרֹ֙כֶת֙  the  veil 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרֹכֶת  
Sense: curtain, veil.
לָכֶ֔ם  for  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
בֵּ֣ין  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ  the  holy  [place] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
קֹ֥דֶשׁ  - 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים  the  Most  Holy 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.