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, one talent per socket.
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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, one talent per socket.
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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.
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And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil: a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Exodus 38:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 26:19 You 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.
- Exodus 26:21 and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 26:25 There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 26:32 You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the brass of the offering was seventy talents,…
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. Which, according to Paris weight, were 6177 pounds, ten ounces, two drachms, and sixty four grains (w): this might be had from the neighbouring mountains of Arabia, where it is said (x) the metals of brass and iron were first dug.
(w) Vid. Scheuchzer, ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 253.) (x) Aristeas de 72. interpret. p. 42. Vid. Hieron. de loc. Hebr. fol. 90. A.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Sockets - Bases. See the margin reference.
Sockets - Bases. See the margin reference.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 27. See Exo_26:19; Exo_26:21; Exo_26:25; Exo_26:32 (40+40+16+4=100).
27. See Exo_26:19; Exo_26:21; Exo_26:25; Exo_26:32 (40+40+16+4=100).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) The sockets of the sanctuary.—On these, see Exo_26:19;…
(27) The sockets of the sanctuary.—On these, see Exo_26:19; Exo_26:21; Exo_26:25. They consisted of forty for each side, and sixteen for the western end—total, ninety-six.
The sockets of the vail.—On these, see Exo_26:32. They were four in number, and supported the four pillars on which the vail was hung. Thus the total number of the silver sockets was, as the text expresses, one hundred.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The sockets of the sanctuary and of the veil…
The sockets of the sanctuary and of the veil See above, Exo_36:24, Exo_36:26, Exo_36:30, and 36. The numbers given are 40, 40, 16, and 4, making exactly the hundred.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Silver thus receives its symbolic meaning--redemption. The sockets were…
silver
Silver thus receives its symbolic meaning--redemption. The sockets were made of the redemption money of the children of Israel. Cf. Exo 26:19; Exo 30:13-16; Num 3:44-51.
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sockets (See Scofield "Exo 26:19").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 One hundred talents of silver were cast
One hundred talents of silver were cast
A talent is about 33 kilograms. AT: "The workers cast 100 talents of silver" or "The workers cast 3,300 kilograms of silver" (See: Biblical Weight and Active or Passive)
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One hundred talents
"100 talents" (See: Numbers)
1,775 shekels
"one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels" (See: Numbers)
shekels
A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. (See: Biblical Money)
Bezalel
This is the name of a man. See how you translated this in Exodus 31:1-2. (See: How to Translate Names)
seventy talents and 2,400 shekels
"70 talents and two thousand four hundred shekels." This would be about 2,300 kilograms. (See: Numbers and Biblical Weight)
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silver
holy place
bronze
sacrifice
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