Bible Commentary

And their forty sockets [of] silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. And their forty sockets of silver,…. answerable to the twenty boards, for their two tenons to be placed in as in mortises: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board; and so under all the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:21”

And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side [there shall be] twenty boards: And for the second side of the tabernacle the north side,…. The direction of the tabernacle was east and west; at the east end was the entrance into the holy place, and at the west end the holy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:20”

And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. 19. sockets ] bases (Eze 41:22 RVm.), or pedestals (cf. Job 38:6 ‘foundations’; Son 5:15 supporting pillars), i.e. solid blocks of silver acc. to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:19”

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. 18. for the south side southward ] lit., with not quite the same tautology as the English, towards (the) Negeb, southward. The ‘Negeb’ (properly, as Aram. shews, meaning dry land) is a geographical term denoting the arid district in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:18”

Two tenons [shall there be] in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 17. tenons ] lit. hands, used fig. of supports: cf. 1Ki 7:32-33 (EVV. axletrees; rather, diagonal stays under the body of the laver, holding the axles in their places), 35 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:17”

Ten cubits [shall be] the length of a board, and a cubit and a half [shall be] the breadth of one board. Verse 16. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board] Each of these boards or planks was about five yards and two feet and a half long, and thirty-two inches broad; and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:16”

And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood standing up. 15. boards ] either beams or frames: ‘boards’ suggests something much thinner than seems to be intended. The Heb. resh, except in the present connexion (50 times), occurs only Eze 27:6, of some part of a ship, described there as made up … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:15”

And thou shalt make a covering for the tent [of] rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] badgers’ skins. 14. (cf. Exo 36:19). Two outer coverings of stronger and stouter materials, to be laid over the Tent, for protection against rain. Kn. reminds us that on military expeditions the Romans used in winter … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:14”

And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 13. On the two sides of the Dwelling, the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:13”

And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. 12. overhanging ] The Heb. means loose or free, not necessarily ‘overhanging.’ the half curtain that remaineth ] The breadth in front is laid double ( v. 9): it is consequently … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:12”