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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:1-37

The tabernacle itself. Consider here— I. GOD 'S COMMANDMENT THAT A DWELLING - PLACE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR HIM . Against even the least degree of image-making there was a stern edict; and we might also have expected that there would be equal sternness in forbidding the creation of aught in the shape of a holy house. For what on the face of it would seem more probable than this, that the erection of a holy house would be a strong inducement towards the fashioning... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:12

The remnant which remaineth , etc. Both this and the next verse presume a very close connection between the fine linen covering of the mishkan and the goats hair tent-cloth which protected it. "The remnant that remaineth" is the half-breadth by which the tent-cloth would overlap the linen covering at the back of the tent, when at the front half of the eleventh breadth had been turned back upon the other half (see comment on Exodus 26:9 ). This "remnant" was to be 'allowed to hang down... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:13

And a cubit . Rather, "And the cubit." The cubit by which the goats' hair tent-cloth, which was thirty cubits across ( Exodus 26:8 ), would exceed the linen covering, which was twenty-eight cubits ( Exodus 26:2 ), on either side of the tabernacle, was to be allowed to hang down, like a valance, hiding so far the golden boards of the tabernacle. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:14

The outer protection ( Exodus 26:14 ). And thou shalt make a covering for the tent. Nothing is said of the size of this covering; but, as its object was clearly to protect the roof of the tent from penetration by wet, it seems reasonable to suppose that it extended at least as far as the boards of the tabernacle. To do this, it must have been thirty cubits long, and fourteen broad. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:15

The boarding of the tabernacle ( Exodus 26:15-30 ). Boards … of shittim wood. These boards were to be fifteen feet long by two feet three inches broad, and, if they were each of a single plank, can scarcely have been furnished by any of the acacias which now grow in the Sinaitic peninsula. It is possible, however, that they were made up of two or more planks, since the name by which they are designated, kereth , is thought to be applied in Ezekiel 27:6 , to the "deck of a ship." ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:17

Two tenons . Literally, "hands." Projecting rods, such as those common in our dinner tables, seem to be meant. They may have been of metal, let into the boards to a certain depth, and projecting several inches beyond them. Or, possibly, they may have been of acacia wood. In one board — i.e. "In each board"—no doubt, at the bottom of each. Set in order one against the other. Arranged, i.e; at regular intervals, the position of each corresponding to the position of its fellow. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:18

Twenty boards . Each board being a cubit and a half in width ( Exodus 26:16 ), the length of the chamber was, necessarily, thirty cubits. On the south side southward . Literally, "On the south side, to the right." The Orientals regarded it as natural to look to the east, and spoke of the east as "in front," the west as "behind," the north as "on the left," and the south as "on the right hand." read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:19

Forty sockets of silver . Nothing is said of the shape of these "sockets." They were certainly very massive, as each contained a silver talent ( Exodus 38:27 ), and thus weighed from eighty to ninety pounds. It has been supposed that they stood on the ground, and formed a sort of continuous base, out of which the planks rose. But this would have constituted a very unsafe structure. Kalisch is probably right in his view, that the sockets were let into the ground resembling those at the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:20

The second side … the north side . The north side, or left hand, was always regarded as less honourable than the south side or right hand (see Genesis 48:13-20 ), probably because in the northern hemisphere the sun illumines the south side. It showed the superior dignity of the south side that the golden candlestick was set against it ( Exodus 40:24 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 26:22-23

For the sides of the tabernacle westward . Rather, "for the back" ( τὰ ὀπίσω — LXX .). Here there were to be six boards only, which would give the abnormal and improbable width of nine cubits. The additional cubit required was no doubt obtained from the corner boards, or posts, each of which added to the (internal) width half a cubit (see Exodus 26:23 ). read more

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