Exodus 26:15 - Exposition

The boarding of the tabernacle ( Exodus 26:15-30 ).

Boards … of shittim wood. These boards were to be fifteen feet long by two feet three inches broad, and, if they were each of a single plank, can scarcely have been furnished by any of the acacias which now grow in the Sinaitic peninsula. It is possible, however, that they were made up of two or more planks, since the name by which they are designated, kereth , is thought to be applied in Ezekiel 27:6 , to the "deck of a ship." Standing up . The way in which they were to be made to "stand up" is explained in Ezekiel 27:17 and Ezekiel 27:19 . They were not to have one end sunk in the ground, but to be fitted by means of "tenons" into silver "sockets."