And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
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
Eight boards at the west end, two at the corners, each set in two silver sockets, ninety-six sockets total form the foundation of the whole tabernacle. This figures Christ, the sole foundation of His church; the boards' tenons fitted into silver sockets picture how His members and ministers are joined to Him and depend entirely upon Him.
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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