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36:17 He made <06213> fifty <02572> loops <03924> along <05921> the edge <08193> of the end <07020> curtain <03407> in the first set <04225> and fifty <02572> loops <03924> along <05921> the edge <08193> of the curtain <03407> that joined <02279> the second <08145> set. 36:18 He made <06213> fifty <02572> bronze <05178> clasps <07165> to join <02266> the tent <0168> together so that it might be <01961> a unit <0259>. 36:19 He made <06213> a covering <04372> for the tent <0168> out of ram <0352> skins <05785> dyed red <0119> and over <04605> that a covering <04372> of fine <08476> leather <05785>. 36:20 He made <06213> the frames <07175> for the tabernacle <04908> of acacia <07848> wood <06086> as uprights <05975>. 36:21 The length <0753> of each frame <07175> was fifteen feet <0520> <06235>, the width <07341> of each <0259> frame <07175> was two and a quarter feet <0520> <02677> <0520>, 36:22 with two <08147> projections <03027> per <0259> frame <07175> parallel <07947> one <0259> to <0413> another <0259>. He made <06213> all <03605> the frames <07175> of the tabernacle <04908> in this way <03651>. 36:23 So he made <06213> frames <07175> for the tabernacle <04908>: twenty <06242> frames <07175> for the south <08486> <05045> side <06285>. 36:24 He made <06213> forty <0705> silver <03701> bases <0134> under <08478> the twenty <06242> frames <07175>– two <08147> bases <0134> under <08478> the first <0259> frame <07175> for its two <08147> projections <03027>, and likewise two <08147> bases <0134> under <08478> the next <0259> frame <07175> for its two <08147> projections <03027>, 36:25 and for the second <08145> side <06763> of the tabernacle <04908>, the north <06828> side <06285>, he made <06213> twenty <06242> frames <07175> 36:26 and their forty <0705> silver <03701> bases <0134>, two <08147> bases <0134> under <08478> the first frame <07175> and two <08147> bases <0134> under <08478> the next frame <07175>. 36:27 And for the back <03411> of the tabernacle <04908> on the west <03220> he made <06213> six <08337> frames <07175>. 36:28 He made <06213> two <08147> frames <07175> for the corners <04742> of the tabernacle <04908> on the back <03411>. 36:29 At the two <08147> corners <04740> they were <01961> doubled <08382> at the lower <04295> end and finished together <03162> at <0413> the top <07218> in <0413> one <0259> ring <02885>. So <03651> he did <06213> for both <08147>. 36:30 So there were <01961> eight <08083> frames <07175> and their silver <03701> bases <0134>, sixteen <06240> <08337> bases <0134>, two <08147> bases <0134> under <08478> each <0259> frame <07175>. 36:31 He made <06213> bars <01280> of acacia <07848> wood <06086>, five <02568> for the frames <07175> on one <0259> side <06763> of the tabernacle <04908> 36:32 and five <02568> bars <01280> for the frames <07175> on the second <08145> side <06763> of the tabernacle <04908>, and five <02568> bars <01280> for the frames <07175> of the tabernacle <04908> for the back <03411> side on the west <03220>. 36:33 He made <06213> the middle <08484> bar <01280> to reach <01272> from <04480> end <07097> to <0413> end <07097> in the center <08432> of the frames <07175>. 36:34 He overlaid <06823> the frames <07175> with gold <02091> and made <06213> their rings <02885> of gold <02091> to provide places <01004> for the bars <01280>, and he overlaid <06823> the bars <01280> with gold <02091>. 36:35 He made <06213> the special curtain <06532> of blue <08504>, purple <0713>, and scarlet <08438> yarn <08144> and fine <08336> twisted <07806> linen <08336>; he made <06213> it with cherubim <03742>, the work <04639> of an artistic designer <02803>. 36:36 He made <06213> for it four <0702> posts <05982> of acacia wood <07848> and overlaid <06823> them with gold <02091>, with gold <02091> hooks <02053>, and he cast <03332> for them four <0702> silver <03701> bases <0134>. 36:37 He made <06213> a hanging <04539> for the entrance <06607> of the tent <0168> of blue <08504>, purple <0713>, and scarlet <08438> yarn <08144> and fine <08336> twisted <07806> linen <08336>, the work <04639> of an embroiderer <07551>, 36:38 and its five <02568> posts <05982> and their hooks <02053>. He overlaid <06823> their tops <07218> and their bands <02838> with gold <02091>, but their five <02568> bases <0134> were bronze <05178>.

• Exo 36:8-38 -- The Building of the Tabernacle

• WORKER; WORKFELLOW; WORKMAN

  [isbe] WORKER; WORKFELLOW; WORKMAN - wur'-der, wurk'-fel-o, wurk'-man (charash, pa`al; ergates, sunergos): "Worker" (artificer) is the translation of charash, "to cut in" (1 Ki 7:14, "a worker in brass"), and of charash, "artificer...
  

• Tabernacle

  [ebd] (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., "Siccuth"). (3.) The human body (2 Cor. 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed ...
  [nave] TABERNACLE One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai, Ex. 33:7-11. The one instituted by Moses was called Sanctuary, Ex. 25:8; Tabernacle, Ex. 27:21; 33:7; 2 Chr. 5:5; of Testimony, Ex. 38:21; ...
  

• TENON

  [isbe] TENON - ten'-un (yadh): This word, occurring in Ex 26 and 36, is used in the account of the tabernacle to describe the "hand" or yadh by which its 48 boards were kept in place. Each board had two tenons which were mortised i...
  

• TABERNACLE, A

  [isbe] TABERNACLE, A - tab'-er-na-k'l ('ohel mo`edh "tent of meeting," mishkan, "dwelling"; skene): A. STRUCTURE AND HISTORY I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Earlier "Tent of Meeting" 2. A Stage in Revelation 3. The Tabernacle Proper II. STRUCTU...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• HEAD

  [isbe] HEAD - hed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, "skull," "cut-off head" (1 Ch 10:10), whence Golgotha (Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17); mera'ashah, literally, "head-rest," "pillow," "bolster" (1 K...
  

• HANGINGS

  [isbe] HANGINGS - hang'-ingz: (1) In English Versions of the Bible this word in the plural represents the Hebrew qela`im, the curtains of "fine twined linen" with which the court of the tabernacle was enclosed. These were five cubi...
  

• Gold

  [nave] GOLD Exported from Havilah, Gen. 2:11, 12. From Ophir, 1 Kin. 9:28; 10:11; 1 Chr. 29:4; 2 Chr. 8:18; Job 22:24; Tarshish, 1 Kin. 22:48; Parvaim, 2 Chr. 3:6; Sheba, 1 Kin. 10:10; 2 Chr. 9:9; Psa. 72:15; Uphaz, Jer. 10:9. Re...
  

• Fillets

  [ebd] Heb. hashukum, plur., joinings (Ex. 27:17; 38:17, 28), the rods by which the tops of the columns around the tabernacle court were joined together, and from which the curtains were suspended (Ex. 27:10, 11; 36:38). In Jer. 52...
  

• FILLET

  [isbe] FILLET - fil'-et (chuT, chashuq): (1) Chut, from a root not used, meaning probably "to sew," therefore a string or a measuring rod or cord, and so a line, tape, thread, fillet. Jer 52:21 translated "line" (the King James Ver...
  

• EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2

  [isbe] EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 - II. Structure of the Book According to the Scriptures and According to Modern Analyses. In the following section (a) serves for the understanding of the Biblical text; (b) is devoted to the discussio...
  

• EMBROIDERY

  [isbe] EMBROIDERY - em-broid'-er-i (riqrnah; the King James Version Needlework): Riqmah was applied to any kind of cloth which showed designs in variegated colors. The method of manufacture is unknown. The designs may have been wov...
  

• DYE; DYEING

  [isbe] DYE; DYEING - di, di'-ing (me'oddam, hamuc, tebhul, cebha`): Four different Hebrew words have been translated "dyed": the King James Version (a) me'-oddam, found in Ex 25:5; 26:14; 35:7; 36:19; 39:34; (b) hamuts (the Revised...
  

• Curtain

  [ebd] (1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat's hair, covered the tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17). (2.) The sacred curtain, separating the holy of holies from ...
  

• Colors

  [nave] COLORS Symbolical uses of. Black A Symbol of Affliction and Calamity. Job 3:5; Job 10:20-22; Job 30:26; Psa. 107:10, 11; Psa. 143:3; Isa. 5:30; Isa. 8:22; Isa. 9:19; Isa. 24:11; Isa. 50:3; Joel 2:6, 10; Joel 3:14, 15; Amos...
  

• CORNER

  [isbe] CORNER - kor'-ner (miqtsoa`, pe'ah, pinnah; arche, gonia, akrogoniaios): In Ex 26:24; Ezek 41:22; 46:21,22, miqtsoa`, "angle" is translated "corner"; pe'ah, "side," "quarter" and pinnah "corner," "front," "chief," are more f...
  

• COLOR; COLORS

  [isbe] COLOR; COLORS - kul'-er, kul'-erz: The word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin, which literally means "eye" or "appearance," and has been so translated in the Revised Version (British and American). In the...
  

• CHERUBIM (1)

  [isbe] CHERUBIM (1) - cher'-u-bim, cher'-oo-bim (kerubhim, plural of cherub, kerubh): Through the influence of the Septuagint, "cherubim" was used in the earlier English versions, also as a singular, hence, the plural was made to s...
  

• BOARD

  [isbe] BOARD - bord (qeresh, "a slab or plank," "deck of a ship," "bench," "board"): This word is found in Ex 26:16-21; 36:21 ff; its plural occurs in Ex 26:15,17-29; 35:11; 36:20-34; 39:33; 40:18; Nu 3:36; 4:31. This word also is ...
  

• BAR (2)

  [isbe] BAR (2) - bar (substantive): (1) beriach = "a bolt" (Ex 26:26-29; 35:11; 36:31-34; 39:33; 40:18; Nu 3:36; 4:31; Dt 3:5; Jdg 16:3; 1 Sam 23:7; 1 Ki 4:13; 2 Ch 8:5; 14:7; Neh 3:3,6,13-15; Job 38:10 "bars and doors" for the sea...
  

• The Tabernacle

  

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