Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
- KJV And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
- NKJV You shall hang it upon the four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be gold, upon four sockets of silver.
- NASB Then you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also of gold, on four bases of silver.
- NLT Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia wood. Overlay the posts with gold, and set them in four silver bases.
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Quick answer
The veil hung on four gold-overlaid acacia pillars with gold hooks, set on silver sockets. These pillars supported the dividing curtain.
Overview
Four golden pillars resting on silver bases held the veil that screened the Most Holy Place. The gold and silver again marked the holiness of this boundary, with silver from the atonement money at its base. The veil it carried separated sinners from God's presence until Christ opened the way through His own flesh.
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- Exod 26:37Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
- Exod 36:38together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
- Esth 1:6Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
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