Thematic Bible: The boards of


Thematic Bible



And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of one side, And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the rear end of the tabernacle, for the back wall to the west. And the middle bar halfway up the boards shall pass through from end to end. read more.
You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold to hold the bars and overlay the bars with gold.

He made bars of acacia wood, five for the [frame] boards of the one side of the tabernacle, And five bars for the boards of its other side, and five bars for the boards at the rear or west side. And he made the middle bar pass through halfway up the boards from one end to the other.


For the back or west side of the tabernacle you shall make six boards. Make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear on both sides. They shall be coupled down below and coupled together on top with one ring. Thus shall it be for both of them; they shall form the two corners. read more.
And that will be eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under each board.

And for the rear or west side of the tabernacle he made six [frame] boards. And two boards he made for each corner of the tabernacle in the rear. They were separate below but linked together at the top with one ring; thus he made both of them in both corners. read more.
There were eight boards with sixteen sockets or bases of silver, and under [the end of] each board two sockets.


Make two dovetails in each board for fitting [them] together; you shall do the same for all the tabernacle boards.

Each board had two tenons (projections) to fit into a mortise to form a clutch; he did this for all the boards of the tabernacle. And he made thus the boards [for frames] for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, And he made under the twenty boards forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under one board for its two tenons or hands, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.


He overlaid the boards and the bars with gold and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars.

And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of one side, And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the rear end of the tabernacle, for the back wall to the west. And the middle bar halfway up the boards shall pass through from end to end. read more.
You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold to hold the bars and overlay the bars with gold.


The length of each board shall be ten cubits and the width of each board shall be one and a half cubits.

Each board was ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.


“Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright [as a trellis-like frame].

Bezalel made boards of acacia wood for the upright framework of the tabernacle.


You shall make the boards for the tabernacle [in the following quantities]: twenty boards for the south side.

And [this is how] he made the boards [for frames] for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side;


for the north side of the tabernacle there shall be twenty boards,

For the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards,