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.
Parallel translations
- WEB There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
- BSB Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
- NKJV Two tenons shall be in each board for binding one to another. Thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
- NASB There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; that is what you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.
- NLT with two pegs under each frame. Make all the frames identical.
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Quick answer
Each board had two tenons (projecting pegs) to join it firmly to the others. These connectors held the frame together securely.
Overview
The twin tenons on every board allowed them to be locked into their silver sockets and aligned with one another. This joinery gave the structure stability and unity. The boards fitted together into one frame again echo the theme of many parts united into a single dwelling for God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Exod 26:19And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
- Exod 36:22One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
- Exod 36:24And 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.
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