The Meaning of Exodus 26:26 Explained

Exodus 26:26

KJV: And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

YLT: 'And thou hast made bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Darby: And thou shalt make bars of acacia-wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

ASV: And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And thou shalt make  bars  [of] shittim  wood;  five  for the boards  of the one  side  of the tabernacle, 

What does Exodus 26:26 Mean?

Study Notes

shittim
i.e. acacia.

Context Summary

Exodus 26:26-37 - The Veil And The Screen
The boards that made the sides and back of the Tabernacle were of wood covered with gold, and set in sockets of silver. They were knit together by the five long bars that passed through the rings, parallel with the ground. The veil typified the separation between man and God, the awful barrier that sin has caused, which shuts out from the enjoyment of God all save those who can enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus. Men had impressed on them their unworthiness to approach God. The cherubic forms woven on the veil reminded them of Genesis 3:24. They were led to anticipate the hour when a new and living way would be opened.
The division of the Tabernacle suggests two degrees of nearness to God, or two stages in Christian living. You may know the great brazen altar which is Calvary; and the showbread table and candlestick; but there is something beyond these for those who have learned the meaning of the rent veil and the Cross! See Matthew 27:51; Galatians 2:20. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 26

1  The ten curtains of the tabernacle
7  The eleven curtains of goats' hair, the covering of rams' and badgers' skins
15  The boards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and bars
31  The veil for the ark
36  The hanging for the door

What do the individual words in Exodus 26:26 mean?

And you shall make bars wood of acacia five for the boards on side of the tabernacle one
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ בְרִיחִ֖ם עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים חֲמִשָּׁ֕ה לְקַרְשֵׁ֥י צֶֽלַע־ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן הָאֶחָֽד

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ  And  you  shall  make 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
בְרִיחִ֖ם  bars 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בְּרִיחַ  
Sense: bar.
עֲצֵ֣י  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
שִׁטִּ֑ים  of  acacia 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שִׁטָּה  
Sense: acacia tree, acacia wood.
חֲמִשָּׁ֕ה  five 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵשׁ  
Sense: five.
לְקַרְשֵׁ֥י  for  the  boards 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: קֶרֶשׁ  
Sense: board, boards, plank.
צֶֽלַע־  on  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צֵלָע  
Sense: side, rib, beam.
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן  of  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
הָאֶחָֽד  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).