with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
Parallel translations
- WEB their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
- KJV Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
- NKJV There were twenty pillars for them, with twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
- NASB their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, were made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
- NLT They were held up by twenty posts set securely in twenty bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.
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Quick answer
Twenty bronze posts on twenty bronze bases held the south curtains, with silver hooks and bands. They supported the courtyard's enclosure.
Overview
The posts and their fittings upheld the curtains that bounded the sacred space, with bronze for the courtyard and silver hooks marking gradations of holiness. The orderly construction reflects the design given to Moses. The work follows Exodus 27:10.
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