And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
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
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold,.... For it was ten cubits long, and as many broad; and being of such a stiffness and thickness as it was, required so many pillars to support it: these pillars may signify the deity of Christ, which is the support of his human nature, and in which it has its personal...
Exo 26:30 “And set up the dwelling according to its right, as was shown thee upon the mountain” (cf. Exo 25:9). Even the setting up and position of the dwelling were not left to human judgment, but were to be carried out כּמשׁפּטו, i.e., according to the direction corresponding to its meaning and purpose.