Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards 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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