The most unusual part of this structure was the fact that each board had two gold pins, or tenons, on There are other things unusual about this building. The beams or bars of the ceiling were connected o their boards by means of gold rings. The scriptures don’t say exactly how the boards and bars fit ogether, except that each bar slipped through a gold ring attached to two boards. We can assume that 1 leather tether fastened the gold ring to the two boards. When we examine the probable reason for th ise of the gold rings (once again bronze would have been cheaper and stronger), we can conjecture tha he entire building could be raised by means of a center gold ring. In the center of the structure was a old ring. The question one might have would be “how?” | suspect that they could take three of the fou all, 30 foot high pillars and form them into a tripod, by means of which the Tabernacle could be raised. Nith a pulley and a few strong hands, which they had plenty of, the Tabernacle could be raised ina natter of minutes and its gold tenons carefully positioned over their silver sockets in the ground. To do his the boards would have to be laid on the ground in their respective positions with the bars onnected to them, slipped through their gold rings. All of the bars of the ceiling were secured together ny means of gold rings and no doubt leather tethers. ee: ee oa Le a eS a: a as ee) eee ee ee en ee | There are other things unusual about this building. The beams or bars of the ceiling were connected The Tabernacle of Moses according to Exodus 26 and 27. See http://www.maravot.com/Tabernacle-
