All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the courtyard, shall be of bronze.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
- KJV All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
- BSB All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
- NKJV All the utensils of the tabernacle for all its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
- NLT “All the articles used in the rituals of the Tabernacle, including all the tent pegs used to support the Tabernacle and the courtyard curtains, must be made of bronze.
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Quick answer
All the tabernacle's tools, tent pegs, and the court's pegs were to be made of bronze. Even the smallest fittings were specified by God.
Overview
Every implement and tent peg, down to the pins that held the structure, was made of bronze according to God's command. Nothing was left undesigned in His dwelling. This thoroughness teaches that God cares about every detail of His worship, and that even the humblest parts serve His holy purpose.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Isa 33:20Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
- Exod 39:40the hangings of the court, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting,
- Eccl 12:11The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
- Num 4:32and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.
- Isa 22:23–25I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father’s house.
- Exod 27:3You shall make its pots to take away its ashes, its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans: all its vessels you shall make of brass.
- Ezra 9:8Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and revived us a little in our bondage.
- Exod 38:31the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court.
- Zech 10:4From him will come the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
- Exod 35:18the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of the court, and their cords;
- Num 3:37the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
- Exod 38:20All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of brass.
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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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