And 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
- BSB The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
- NKJV And from the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket.
- NASB The hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a base.
- NLT The hundred bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the inner curtain required 7,500 pounds of silver, about 75 pounds for each base.
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Quick answer
The hundred talents of silver were cast into the bases that supported the sanctuary and the veil. The atonement money literally became the foundation of God's house.
Overview
The redemption silver was formed into one hundred sockets, one talent each, on which the tabernacle's frames and dividing veil rested. Thus the entire structure stood upon the ransom paid for the people, a striking picture that God's dwelling among sinners is founded on atonement. This anticipates the gospel truth that fellowship with God rests entirely on a ransom paid, ultimately by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 26:19And 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.
- Exod 26:21And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- 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.
- Exod 26:32And 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.
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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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