And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
The hair-cloth curtains and rams' skins speak a plain language: God shelters His people from every storm, divine wrath and temporal tempest alike. The boards and bars that hold them fast show that the church's strength lies not in stone or timber, but in the union and agreement of those who bear her up.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 36:14-34
The verbs here shift to the third person singular with indefinite subject, like 'one made' or 'they made', to show the work proceeding as a unified whole rather than tracking individual workers. This grammatical move reflects the corporate nature of the craftsmen executing the design God had already given.
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Commenting on Exodus 36:8-38