Exodus 26:15

“You are to make the frames ¹  for the tabernacle out of ²  acacia wood as uprights. ³ 

"Make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

"Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright.

"The framework of the Tabernacle will consist of frames made of acacia wood.

"Frame The Dwelling with planks of acacia wood,

And you are to make upright boards of hard wood for the House.

You shall make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

"And for the tabernacle you shall make the boards of acacia wood, standing upright.

“You are to make the frames ¹  for the tabernacle out of ²  acacia wood as uprights. ³ 

¹ tn There is debate whether the word הַקְּרָשִׁים (haqqÿrashim) means “boards” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB) or “frames” (NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV) or “planks” (see Ezek 27:6) or “beams,” given the size of them. The literature on this includes M. Haran, “The Priestly Image of the Tabernacle,” HUCA 36 (1965): 192; B. A. Levine, “The Description of the Tabernacle Texts of the Pentateuch,” JAOS 85 (1965): 307-18; J. Morgenstern, “The Ark, the Ephod, and the Tent,” HUCA 17 (1942/43): 153-265; 18 (1943/44): 1-52.

² tn “Wood” is an adverbial accusative.

³ tn The plural participle “standing” refers to how these items will be situated; they will be vertical rather than horizontal (U. Cassuto, Exodus, 354).