with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
- KJV And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
- NKJV You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards: two sockets under each of the boards for its two tenons.
- NASB You shall make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two bases under one board for its two tenons and two bases under another board for its two tenons;
- NLT Also make forty silver bases—two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.
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Quick answer
Forty silver sockets supported the twenty south-side boards, two beneath each board's tenons. These bases anchored the frame to the ground.
Overview
Each board rested on two silver sockets, giving the wall a firm, level foundation. The silver, gathered from the people's atonement money (Exodus 30:11-16), formed the very base of God's dwelling. That the sanctuary rested on a foundation tied to atonement quietly points to the truth that we draw near to God only on the ground of redemption.
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- Exod 38:27The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
- Exod 40:18When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- Num 3:36The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,
- Song 5:15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
- Exod 36:24–26with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
- Exod 26:37Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
- Exod 27:12–18The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
- Exod 38:30–31He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,
- Exod 27:10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- Num 4:31–32This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
- Exod 26:25So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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