Exodus 26:14

(cf. Exodus 36:19). Two outer coverings of stronger and stouter materials, to be laid over the Tent, for protection against rain. Kn. reminds us that on military expeditions the Romans used in winter to cover their tents with skins (sub pellibus hiemare).

rams" skins dyed red i.e. leather, dyed, not with the costly Phoenician -scarlet" (Exodus 25:4), but probably (Kennedy), as LXX. ἠρυθροδανωμένα suggests, with madder(ἐρυθρόδανον).

sealskins dugong skins(Exodus 25:5). The Dwelling, with the coverings above it, was kept in its place by cords connecting it with pins driven into the ground, in the manner of a tent: see Exodus 27:19; Exodus 35:18; Exodus 38:20; Exodus 38:31.

15 30 (cf. Exodus 36:20-34). The -boards," or, perhaps, frames, for the Dwelling. There is great difficulty in some of the details: but the general sense is clear. The -boards" were to be of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, each 10 cubits (15 ft.) long, and 1½ cubits (2 ft. 3 in.) broad: they were to be placed upright, so as to form the sides and back of the Dwelling, each resting in two sockets of silver: there were to be twenty forming each side, six to form the back, and two, of special construction, at the corners, where the back and sides met: five bars, attached to the boards by rings, were to run horizontally along the two sides and the back, respectively, to hold them firmly in their place.