There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle.
Boards without grace in the heart are like curtains without boards: shaken by every wind and soon falling. God's tabernacle was strong as well as fine, and so must our profession be. The new Jerusalem needs no gilded boards; its glory far exceeds the old, for wisdom outweighs all the gold and silver that ever adorned a tent.
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Commenting on Exodus 26:15-30
Twenty boards on the south side, each a cubit and a half broad, make up the length of the tabernacle. The exact dimension turns on how we measure the cubit itself; take it as twenty-one inches, and the sanctuary grows considerably larger than the common reckoning allows.
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Each board had two pegs, not merely sunk into the edge but bound together by a dovetailed fastening that held them far more securely. This interlocking, not simple pegging, gave the frame its strength and stability.
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