And for the rear of the tabernacle westward you shall make six frames.
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
The corner boards were doubled, two planks fastened as one, so they seemed like twins. This made the corners thicker and stronger, and so gave greater firmness to the whole structure. The coupling at top and bottom held them fast in their place.
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These corner beams were two pieces joined at a right angle, forming one double whole from bottom to top. Each received only one ring at the corner, not two, which distinguishes them from the other boards and marks their special strength at the angles where the structure bore most weight.
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Commenting on Exodus 26:22-24