Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:25
And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets [of] silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
25. eight ] i.e. the 6 + 2 of vv. 22, 23. Bases for sockets, as before.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And they shall be eight boards,…. Six at the west end and one at each corner, northwest and southwest:
and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets the same as those for the boards on both sides north and south: they were of the same metal, silver; and they were two under one board, to receive its two tenons as follows:
two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board; and so under all eight, and which sockets joining with those of the two sides, and in all made ninety six, were the basis and foundation of the tabernacle, and was a figure of Christ, the only foundation of his church and people; and the several tenons of the boards joined into those sockets of silver may denote the union of the members of Christ and ministers of his word to him, and their dependence on him.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Sixteen sockets were to be made for these eight boards, two for each. – Exo 26:26-29. To fasten the boards, that they might not separate from one another, bars of acacia-wood were to be made and covered with gold, five for each of the three sides of the dwelling; and though it is not expressly stated, yet the reference to rings in Exo 26:29 as holders of the bars ( ) is a sufficient indication that they were passed through golden rings fastened into the boards.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(25) Sixteen sockets.Two for each corner board, and twelve for the six boards between them.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Exo 26:19 – forty sockets of silver Exo 36:30 – two sockets Exo 38:27 – and the sockets