These corner frames will be matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Make both of these corner units the same way.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall be double beneath, and in the same way they shall be whole to its top to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
- KJV And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
- BSB coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
- NKJV They shall be coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.
- NASB They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete to its top to the first ring; this is how it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners.
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Quick answer
The corner boards were doubled below and joined to a single ring at the top, securing both corners. This reinforced the structure's joints.
Overview
The corner boards were specially fitted, paired at the bottom and united at the top, to lock the walls firmly together. Such reinforcement gave the frame strength and integrity. The careful binding of the corners again reflects the theme of unity that marks the whole dwelling.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 36:29–30They were double beneath, and in the same way they were all the way to its top to one ring. He did this to both of them in the two corners.
- 1 Cor 3:16Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
- 1 Cor 1:10Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- Ps 133:1–3A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
- 1 Pet 2:5You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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