A wooden structure made of vertical poles and crossbars used to support a tent.
About Frame
These parts of the Tabernacle have traditionally been understood as solid pieces of wood. It is more likely—and commonly accepted now—that they were wooden frames as described above. Each frame was 5 meters (16.5 feet) high and 75 centimeters (30 inches) wide. There were twenty such frames along the north and south sides of the Tabernacle and six along the back (west) side plus two corner frames, bringing the total on the back to eight (EXO 26:25).
Key References
You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
All Scripture References (33)
Exodus (31)
You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames
and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.
Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
He constructed twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames
and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
He made six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.
And he overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
Numbers (2)
The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,
This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,