And he made the middle bar to pass through in the center of the boards from end to end.
Parallel translations
- WEB He made the middle bar to pass through in the middle of the boards from the one end to the other.
- KJV And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
- BSB He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.
- NKJV And he made the middle bar to pass through the boards from one end to the other.
- NLT He made the middle crossbar to attach halfway up the frames; it ran all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other.
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Quick answer
A central bar ran the full length of each wall, passing through the middle of the boards end to end. It bound the whole wall into one.
Overview
This hidden central bar gave the wall continuous strength along its entire span, holding everything together from within. It pictures the unseen unifying power that holds God's house together. The construction matches Exodus 26:28.
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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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