Exodus 26:19
in Exodus 26with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt 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:
KJV
And 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.
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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle
on Exodus 26:15-19
Under the curtains stands a frame of acacia boards, each set upright in two silver sockets. Exodus 38:27 says that silver was the hundred talents of atonement money, gathered at half a shekel a man. The frame of the dwelling place stands on ransom money.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
What can the silver bases of the frames signify, except the order of prophets? They were the first to speak openly of the Lord's incarnation. They were like bases, and we see them rising from the foundations and sustaining the weight of the structure built …
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
PateriusEXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, EXODUS 43 · Written before 606.
proposed
What can the silver bases of the frames signify, except the order of prophets? They were the first to speak openly of the Lord's incarnation. They were like bases, and we see them rising from the foundations and sustaining the weight of the structure built …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And thou shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards,....
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַרְבָּעִים֙ | vearbaim | and forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| אַדְנֵי־ | ʾadnei- | bases of | H134 → | 57 times |
| כֶ֔סֶף | khesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| תַּעֲשֶׂ֕ה | taaseh | you will make | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| תַּ֖חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| הַקָּ֑רֶשׁ | hakaresh | the frame[s] | H7175 → | 51 times |
| שְׁנֵ֨י | shenei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| אֲדָנִ֜ים | ʾadanim | bases | H134 → | 57 times |
| תַּֽחַת־ | tachat- | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַקֶּ֤רֶשׁ | hakeresh | the frame | H7175 → | 51 times |
| הָאֶחָד֙ | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לִשְׁתֵּ֣י | lishtei | for [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| יְדֹתָ֔יו | yedotav | hands its | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וּשְׁנֵ֧י | ushenei | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| אֲדָנִ֛ים | ʾadanim | bases | H134 → | 57 times |
| תַּֽחַת־ | tachat- | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁ | hakeresh | the frame | H7175 → | 51 times |
| הָאֶחָ֖ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לִשְׁתֵּ֥י | lishtei | for [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| יְדֹתָֽיו׃ | yedotav | hands its | H3027 → | 1618 times |
וְאַרְבָּעִים֙and forty
vearbaimH705 →136 times
אַדְנֵי־bases of
ʾadnei-H134 →57 times
כֶ֔סֶףsilver
khesefH3701 →403 times
תַּעֲשֶׂ֕הyou will make
taasehH6213 →2628 times
תַּ֖חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
עֶשְׂרִ֣יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
הַקָּ֑רֶשׁthe frame[s]
hakareshH7175 →51 times
שְׁנֵ֨יtwo
sheneiH8147 →768 times
אֲדָנִ֜יםbases
ʾadanimH134 →57 times
תַּֽחַת־under
tachat-H8478 →505 times
הַקֶּ֤רֶשׁthe frame
hakereshH7175 →51 times
הָאֶחָד֙<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
לִשְׁתֵּ֣יfor [the] two
lishteiH8147 →768 times
יְדֹתָ֔יוhands its
yedotavH3027 →1618 times
וּשְׁנֵ֧יand two
usheneiH8147 →768 times
אֲדָנִ֛יםbases
ʾadanimH134 →57 times
תַּֽחַת־under
tachat-H8478 →505 times
הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁthe frame
hakereshH7175 →51 times
הָאֶחָ֖ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
לִשְׁתֵּ֥יfor [the] two
lishteiH8147 →768 times
יְדֹתָֽיו׃hands its
yedotavH3027 →1618 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 38:27The 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.
it leads to
- Exodus 26:25
So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
- Exodus 26:32
Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
- Exodus 26:21
and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
- Exodus 26:25
Through
Song of Solomon 5:15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
it leads to
- Revelation 1:15–16
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
- 1 Kings 4:33
He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
- Zechariah 9:17
How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- Song of Solomon 7:4
Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
- Song of Solomon 4:11
Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
- Revelation 1:15–16
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch; Pacian of Barcelona, Commentary (church-history corpus) and Paterius, EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, EXODUS 43.
