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Exodus 26:19

in Exodus 26

with 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.

This verse in Exodus 26

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This 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

A commentator

Pacian of Barcelona

Commentary (church-history corpus) · Written before 391.

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 Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Paterius

EXPOSITION 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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 38:27

    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.

    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.

  • Through

    Song of Solomon 5:15

    His 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.

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.