There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
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There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
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And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
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Thus there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And five bars for the boards of the other…
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle,.... Suppose the north, these bars were disposed of in the same manner as those on the south side:
and five bars for the boards of that side of the tabernacle; or the end of it, the west end, as follows:
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for the two sides westward; that is, the two corners at the west end, the southwest and the northwest corners; and these five bars reached from the one to the other, two at the upper part of the boards, and two at the lower part, and one in the middle.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. eight] i.e. the 6 + 2 of vv.…
25. eight] i.e. the 6 + 2 of vv. 22, 23. Bases for sockets, as before.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) Sixteen sockets.—Two for each corner board, and twelve…
(25) Sixteen sockets.—Two for each corner board, and twelve for the six boards between them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they shall be eight boards. Counting in the…
And they shall be eight boards. Counting in the two comer boards, or posts, the boards of the back would be eight. Each of them was to have two "tenons," like the boards of the sides, and every "tenon" was to have its own silver "socket." Thus the "sockets" would be sixteen, two under each board.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.