King James Version
Exodus 26:20 in the King James Version says “And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:”
Exodus 26:20 · KJV
And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“side”
H6763a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e., leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an obje
“of the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“on the north”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
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