Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
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Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the width of each board.
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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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Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Two tenons shall there be on one board,.... Every…
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 fasten in mortises:
set in order one against another; at a proper distance from each other, as the rounds of a ladder:
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thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle; everyone was to have two tenons.
(r) "duae manus", Montanus.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. Ten cubits shall be the length of…
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 as they are said to be standing up, this was the HEIGHT of the tabernacle. The length being thirty cubits, twenty boards, one cubit and a half broad each, make about seventeen yards and a half, and the BREADTH was about five yards.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Ten cubits… a cubit and a half —…
16. Ten cubits… a cubit and a half — About fifteen feet long and a little over two feet wide. The thickness is not given. The acacia trees now found in the Sinaitic desert are said to be not of sufficient size to make boards of this measure. If this be true, it may be observed (1.) that nothing requires us to suppose that every board was made out of one piece of timber. Skilful workmanship could as easily make such boards out of many pieces as it could make the golden candlestick out of many small pieces of gold. (2.) It is probable that the ancient growths of those regions were far greater than those which are now seen.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.