Exodus 26:17
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New International Version (©2011)
with two projections set parallel to each other. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

New Living Translation (©2007)
with two pegs under each frame. Make all the frames identical.

English Standard Version (©2001)
There shall be two tenons in each frame, for fitting together. So shall you do for all the frames of the tabernacle.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Each plank must be connected together with two tenons. Do the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Each board is to have two pegs joined to one another, and you are to do this for all the boards of the tent.

NET Bible (©2006)
with two projections per frame parallel one to another. You are to make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
with two identical pegs. Make all the frames for the inner tent the same way.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order for binding together: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

American King James Version
Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

American Standard Version
Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the sides of the boards shall be made two mortises, whereby one board may be joined to another board: and after this manner shall all the boards be prepared.

Darby Bible Translation
One board shall have two tenons, connected one with the other: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

English Revised Version
Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

Young's Literal Translation
two handles are to the one board, joined one unto another; so thou dost make for all the boards of the tabernacle;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

26:15-30 The sockets of silver each weighed about 115 pounds; they were placed in rows on the ground. In every pair of these sockets, a strong board of shittim-wood, covered with plates of gold, was fitted by mortises and tenons. Thus walls were formed for the two sides, and for the west end. The wall was further held together by bars, which passed through rings of gold. Over this the curtains were spread. Though movable, it was strong and firm. The materials were very costly. In all this it was a type of the church of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner-stone, Eph 2:20,21.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - Two tenons. Literally, "hands." Projecting rods, such as those common in our dinner tables, seem to be meant. They may have been of metal, let into the boards to a certain depth, and projecting several inches beyond them. Or, possibly, they may have been of acacia wood. In one board - i.e. "In each board" - no doubt, at the bottom of each. Set in order one against the other. Arranged, i.e., at regular intervals, the position of each corresponding to the position of its fellow.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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:

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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The Boards and Sockets
15And you shall make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. 16Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 17Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle. …

Exodus 26:16 Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
Exodus 26:18 Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
Exodus 36:22 with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.