15You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 16Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.e 17Two tenonsf must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
18Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle, 19with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
20For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames 21and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
22Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side, 23and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle, 24coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners. 25So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
26You are to also make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 27five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
28The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other. 29Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
30So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
Was it a solid wall or framing for the fabric coverings? We don’t know for sure.
The silver is interesting because Jesus was betrayed for thirty pieces of silver.
Have you ever performed framing for a building? Today we use nails to join the framework but in these verses they used tenon’s. Two pieces of wood could be overlapped and a tenon inserted into a hole joining the two pieces of wood.
I believe the framing was pointing towards the cross that Jesus was hung on. The two pieces of wood would have to have been joined with a tenon.
In the tabernacle we have silver and wood, two of the same materials tied to the betrayal and crucifixion of our Lord!
The Old Testament points toward Jesus!
Here is a simplified lesson prepared for a children’s Sunday school “How the Old Testament points to Jesus”.
Blessings, David
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