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.
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- 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.
- BSB with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
- 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 38:27And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
- Exod 40:18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
- Num 3:36And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
- Song 5:15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
- Exod 36:24–26And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
- Exod 26:37And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
- Exod 27:12–18And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
- Exod 38:30–31And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
- Exod 27:10And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
- Num 4:31–32And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
- Exod 26:25And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
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