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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

• 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; ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Chapiter

  [ebd] the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown." (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Rosh (Ex. 36:38; 38:...
  [nave] CHAPITER, head of a pillar, Ex. 36:38; 1 Kin. 7:16-42; 2 Kin. 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12, 13; Jer. 52:22.
  

• Vail

  [nave] VAIL 1. Hangings used in the tabernacle to divide the holy of holies from the holy place. Called the second veil, Heb. 6:19; 9:3. Ordinances prescribing, Ex. 26:31-33. Made by Bezaleel and Aholiab, Ex. 36:35, 36. See: Vei...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Cherubim

  [nave] CHERUBIM Eastward of the garden of Eden, Gen. 3:24. In the tabernacle, Ex. 25:18-20; 37:7-9. Ark rested beneath the wings of, 1 Kin. 8:6, 7; 2 Chr. 5:7, 8; Heb. 9:5. Figures of, embroidered on walls of tabernacle, Ex. 26:...
  

• Hooks

  [nave] HOOKS For tabernacle, made of gold, Ex. 26:32, 37; 36:36; silver, Ex. 27:10; 38:10-12, 17, 19. In the temple, seen in Ezekiel's vision, Ezek. 40:43. Used for catching fish, Ezek. 29:4. For pruning, Isa. 2:4; 18:5; Joel 3:...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• The Tabernacle

  

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