KJV King James Version
And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood standing up.
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Exodus 26:15
And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood standing up.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And thou hast made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up;
Surrounding context — Exodus 26
12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.
13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent [of] rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] badgers’ skins.
15 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood standing up.
16 Ten cubits [shall be] the length of a board, and a cubit and a half [shall be] the breadth of one board.
17 Two tenons [shall there be] in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
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Exodus 36:20-33And he made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood, standing up.Exodus 40:17-18And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up.Exodus 25:5And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,Ephesians 2:20-21And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];Exodus 26:18And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.Exodus 26:22-29And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.Numbers 4:31-32And this [is] the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
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