The Frames and Bases

Acacia frames are made with matched dimensions and tenons, then set in silver bases along the south, north, and west sides, including the fitted back corners.

N²⁰ext, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. ²¹Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. ²²Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ²³He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle, ²⁴with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames — two bases for each frame, one under each tenon. ²⁵For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames ²⁶and forty silver bases — two bases under each frame. ²⁷He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side, ²⁸and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle, ²⁹coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way. ³⁰So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases — two under each frame.

Crossbars are made for each side, with a central bar running through the middle, and both frames and bars are overlaid with gold and fitted with gold rings.

³¹He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, ³²five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west. ³³He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other. ³⁴And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.