and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
Parallel translations
- WEB and its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
- KJV And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
- BSB with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- NKJV And its twenty pillars and their twenty sockets shall be bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be silver.
- NLT They will be held up by twenty posts set securely in twenty bronze bases. Hang the curtains with silver hooks and rings.
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Quick answer
The south hangings rested on twenty bronze pillars in bronze sockets, with silver hooks and bands. These supported and adorned the courtyard wall.
Overview
Twenty pillars on bronze bases, fitted with silver hooks and connecting bands, held up the southern hangings. The mix of bronze and silver marked the court's structure with order and dignity. Each element had its place, reflecting the careful design that distinguished God's dwelling from the surrounding camp.
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- Exod 36:38and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.
- Jer 52:21As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
- Exod 26:19–21You 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.
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