Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each board.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
- KJV Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
- BSB Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- NASB Ten cubits shall be the length of each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
- NLT Each frame must be 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,
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Quick answer
Each board was to be ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. These uniform dimensions standardized the frame.
Overview
The specified size gave every board a consistent height and width, ensuring the walls rose evenly. Such precise measurements reflect the ordered design governing the whole tabernacle. The careful uniformity points again to the exactness God required in the place of His dwelling.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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