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4. The tabernacle structure ch. 26 >
The boards 26:15-25
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It is not clear whether these boards were solid or simply "frames"(NIV). The meaning of the Hebrew word (garesh, "boards") is uncertain. The latter view is probable.460If they were solid, the priests would not have been able to see the colorful curtains hanging down over the outside of the tabernacle from within. If these boards were frames, they could have seen them through the walls. The embroidered curtains seem to have been visible overhead in either case and may have reminded the priests of God's celestial throne.