Catholic Public Domain Version
"At the sides of the panels, there shall be made two dovetails, by which one panel may be connected to another panel; and in this way all the panels shall be prepared. "
— Exodus 26:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“Two tenons shall there be in each board, joined one to another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. ”
“There shall be two tenons in each board, joined to one another: thus you shall make for all the boards of the tabernacle.”
“with two projections per frame parallel one to another. You are to make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.”
“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.”
“Every board is to be joined to the one nearest to it by two tongues, and so for every board in the House.”
“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.”
You shall also make another covering for the roof from the skins of rams, dyed-red, and above that again, another covering of violet-colored skins.
You shall also make the standing panels of the tabernacle from setim wood.
Of these, each shall have ten cubits in length, and in width, one and one half.
At the sides of the panels, there shall be made two dovetails, by which one panel may be connected to another panel; and in this way all the panels shall be prepared.
Of these, twenty shall be at the meridian, which lies toward the south.
For these, you shall cast forty bases of silver, so that two bases will lie under each panel at its two corners.
Likewise, at the second side of the tabernacle, which lies to the north, there shall be twenty panels,