Exodus 36:20-35

The Framework For The Sanctuary Which Will Support The Curtains (Exodus 36:20).

Exodus 36:20

‘And he made the frames for the Dwellingplace, of acacia wood, standing up. Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. Each frame had two tenons, joined one to another. Thus did he make for all the frames for the Dwellingplace. And he made the frames for the Dwellingplace: twenty frames for the south side southward. And he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty frames; two sockets under one frame for its two tenons, and two sockets under another frame for its two tenons. And for the second side of the Dwellingplace, on the north side, he made twenty frames, and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one frame, and two sockets under another frame. And for the hinder part of the Dwellingplace westward he made six frames. And he made two frames for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. And they were double beneath; and in the same way they were entire unto its top to one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners. And there were eight frames, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every frame two sockets. And he made bars of acacia wood; five for the frames of the one side of the Dwellingplace, and five bars for the frames of the other side of the Dwellingplace, and five bars for the frames of the Dwellingplace for the hinder part westward. And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.'

The frames were an important part of the Dwellingplace giving the support required. They formed the skeleton without which it would not stand. There are always some who must bear the burden unseen to enable others to do their work. See on Exodus 26:15.