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Exodus 38:28-31

From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar, the 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.

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All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. 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. From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels. With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar, the 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.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.

    The bronze of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.

    With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,

    the 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.

  • KJV King James Version

    And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

    And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

    And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

    And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.

    And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

    And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

    and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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Cross-references (4)

  • Exodus 26:37 (v30) You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold. You shall cast five sockets…
  • Exodus 27:17 (vv28, 30) All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.
  • Exodus 27:10 (v30) Its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v29 Read the weight of a talent, Exod. 25:39.

Read the weight of a talent, Exod. 25:39.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv28–29 And therewith he made the sockets to the door…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv28–29 The hooks, chapiters, and fillets here spoken of belonged…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v29 Seventy. Hebrew confines the number of talents to 70,…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv28–30 28. See Exo_27:10-11; Exo_27:17 (the hooks and the fillets…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv28–31 (28) Hooks for the pillars.—The pillars of the court…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv28–30 Hooks for the pillars. See above, vers. 10, 12,…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v30 General Information:
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