Each board had two tenons for binding one to another. Thus he made for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Parallel translations
- WEB Each board had two tenons, joined to one another. He made all the boards of the tabernacle this way.
- KJV One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
- BSB Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
- NASB There were two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; he did this to all the boards of the tabernacle.
- NLT with two pegs under each frame. All the frames were identical.
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Quick answer
Each board had two tenons (projections) to slot into silver bases, making every board fit the same way. The consistent design unified the whole frame.
Overview
The tenons let the boards stand securely and be joined to one another, giving the tabernacle structural integrity. The phrase 'all the boards this way' stresses uniform obedience to the divine pattern of Exodus 26:17. The careful joinery pictures a dwelling fitted together exactly as God ordained.
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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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