Exodus 26:15-30
The Lord commands the load-bearing structure of the tabernacle so His dwelling may stand securely and obediently according to the mountain pattern.
15 “You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
17 There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18 You shall make twenty boards for the tabernacle, for the south side southward.
19 You 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.
20 For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards,
21 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
22 For the far side of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards.
23 You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the far side.
24 They 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.
25 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
26 “You shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
27 and 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 side westward.
28 The middle bar in the middle of the boards shall pass through from end to end.
29 You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars. You shall overlay the bars with gold.
30 You shall set up the tabernacle according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.
The LORD commands the load-bearing structure of the tabernacle so his dwelling may stand securely and obediently according to the mountain pattern.
To give the LORD’s instructions for the upright frames, silver bases, crossbars, rings, and structural assembly of the tabernacle according to the pattern shown to Moses on the mountain.
This unit follows the curtain and covering instructions of Exodus 26:1-14 and precedes the veil, screen, and placement instructions of Exodus 26:31-37. It supplies the structural skeleton of the tabernacle proper: frames for the south, north, and west sides, bases beneath them, bars to bind them, and gold overlay to mark their sanctuary function.
After instructions for the inner curtains and outer coverings, the LORD gives the wooden frame structure and silver bases that will support the tabernacle. Moses receives these instructions at Sinai as part of the revealed sanctuary pattern.
The Tabernacle Structure: Curtains, Coverings, Frames, Veil, and Holy Arrangement
The LORD’s dwelling among Israel is beautiful, protected, ordered, and holy, with every curtain, frame, veil, and furnishing arranged according to His revealed pattern.