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Exodus 26:16

Exodus 26:16
Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Two tenons shall there be on one board,.... Every board was to be so cut and shaped at the lower end of it, as to have, as it were, "two hands" (r), as in the original, to enter into, lay hold on, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 26:1-37

(Compare Exo. 36:8-33.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exo 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exo 26:7-13, and its covering Exo 26:14 (Compare Exo 35:11; Exo…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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 as they are said to be standing up, this…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 26:15-30

Very particular directions are here given about the boards of the tabernacle, which were to bear up the curtains, as the stakes of a tent which had need to be strong, Isa 54:2. These boards had tenons…