21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
21 Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
21 Ten cubits was the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame.
21 each section of frame fifteen feet long and two and a quarter feet wide,
21 The length of each board was ten cubits, and the width of each board a cubit and a half.
21 Each frame was 15Â feet high and 27Â inches wide,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 36:21
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The making of the tabernacle The liberality of the people restrained.
The readiness and zeal with which these builders set about their work, the exactness with which they performed it, and the faithfulness with which they objected to receive more contributions, are worthy of our imitation. Thus should we serve God, and our superiors also, in all things lawful. Thus should all who are in public trusts abhor filthy lucre, and avoid all occasions and temptations to covetousness. Where have we the representation of God's love towards us, that we by love dwell in him and he in us, save in Emmanuel? John 1:14, wherein, as the original expresses it, he did tabernacle among us.