Exodus 26:23

World English Bible (2000)

You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁנֵ֤י קְרָשִׁים֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה לִמְקֻצְעֹ֖ת הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן בַּיַּרְכָתָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

ûšnê qərāšîm taʿăśeh for-məquṣəʿôt the-miškān in-the-yarkātāyim.

Grammar Details

*ûšnê*: masculine construct form of numeral 'two' with conjunctive prefix - and two
*qərāšîm*: masculine plural noun - boards/frames
*taʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you shall make
*məquṣəʿôt*: feminine plural noun with preposition lamed - for the corners/angles
*miškān*: masculine singular noun with definite article - tabernacle/dwelling place
*yarkātāyim*: feminine dual noun with prefix preposition bet and definite article - in the two rear sides

Word Meanings

*məquṣəʿôt*: corners/angles/edges
*yarkātāyim*: two rear sides/extremities/back parts

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World English Bible

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Deuterocanon/Apocrypha background: Derived from the Revised Version Apocrypha and Brenton’s English LXX (companion material).
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Exod 36:20-33
14 verses
92%
20He made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
21Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
22Each board had two tenons, joined one to another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.
23He made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward.
24He made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
25For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards,
26and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
27For the far part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far part.
29They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners.
30There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
31He made bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
32and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward.
33He made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other.
Exod 26:15-22
8 verses
91%
15"You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
16Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the breadth of each board.
17There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18You shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward.
19You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
20For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,
21and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
22For the far part of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
Exod 26:24-30
7 verses
85%
24They shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be whole to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
25There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
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27and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the far part westward.
28The middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
29You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.
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Exod 26:8-10
3 verses
77%
8The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
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Exod 27:8-9
2 verses
77%
8You shall make it with hollow planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
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Exod 26:1-6
6 verses
75%
1"Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman you shall make them.
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Exod 26:12-13
2 verses
75%
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Exod 25:12
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Exod 26:35
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Exod 25:26
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Exod 25:18-19
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