Exodus 36:20

He made the frames ¹  for the tabernacle of acacia wood ²  as uprights. ³ 

biblegateway Exo 36:20

They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

biblegateway Exo 36:20

Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

biblegateway Exo 36:20

For the framework of the Tabernacle, they made frames of acacia wood standing on end.

biblegateway Exo 36:20

They framed The Dwelling with vertical planks of acacia wood,

SABDAweb Exo 36:20

And for the uprights of the House they made boards of hard wood.

bibleoremus Exo 36:20

Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.

biblegateway Exo 36:20

For the tabernacle he made boards of acacia wood, standing upright.

biblegateway Exo 36:20

He made the frames ¹  for the tabernacle of acacia wood ²  as uprights. ³ 

¹ tn There is debate whether the word הַקְּרָשִׁים (haqqÿrashim) means “boards” or “frames” or “planks” (see Ezek 27:6) or “beams,” given the size of them. The literature on this includes M. Haran, “The Priestly Image of the Tabernacle,” HUCA 36 (1965): 192; B. A. Levine, “The Description of the Tabernacle Texts of the Pentateuch,” JAOS 85 (1965): 307-18; J. Morgenstern, “The Ark, the Ephod, and the Tent,” HUCA 17 (1942/43): 153-265; 18 (1943/44): 1-52.

² tn “Wood” is an adverbial accusative.

³ tn The plural participle “standing” refers to how these items will be situated; they will be vertical rather than horizontal (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 354).