Exodus 26:32
in Exodus 26Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
KJV
And 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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This verse in Exodus 26
Commentary
6 notes on this verseTheir hooks shall be of gold - וויהם vaveyhem, which we translate their hooks, is rendered κεφαλιδες, capitals, by the Septuagint, and capita by the Vulgate. As the word וו vav or vau, plural ווים vavim, occurs only in this book, Exo 26:32, Exo 26:37; Exo 27:10, Exo 27:11, Exo 27:17; Exo 36:36, Exo 36:38; Exo 38:10, Exo 38:11, Exo 38:12, Exo 38:17, Exo 38:19, Exo 38:28; and is used in these places in reference to the same subject, it is very difficult to ascertain its precise meaning.
This site's exposition
make a vail of blue
on Exodus 26:31-33
The vail carries cherubims like the innermost curtain, and it does one job, which is to divide the holy place from the most holy. Cherubims stand again where the way is closed, as they did at Eden in Genesis 3:24. Matthew 27:51 reports this curtain torn from the top to the bottom at the death of Jesus, and Hebrews 10:20 calls the new and living way one that runs through the veil, that is to say, his flesh.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The tabernacle is a type of the church. So God says to Moses that the bases of the four pillars placed within it should be silver. What does silver mean except the clarity of the divine Word? Scripture says, "The words of the Lord are …
The Medieval Church1 voice
A commentator
PateriusEXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, EXODUS 44 · Written before 606.
proposed
The tabernacle is a type of the church. So God says to Moses that the bases of the four pillars placed within it should be silver. What does silver mean except the clarity of the divine Word? Scripture says, "The words of the Lord are …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold,....
We have not boldness to enter into the holiest, in all acts of devotion, by the blood of Jesus, yet such as obliges us to a holy reverence and a humble sense of our distance. Another veil was for the outer door of the tabernacle,
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנָתַתָּ֣ה | venatatah | and you will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֹתָ֗הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַרְבָּעָה֙ | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| עַמּוּדֵ֣י | ʾamudei | pillars of | H5982 → | 111 times |
| שִׁטִּ֔ים | shitim | acacia | H7848 → | 28 times |
| מְצֻפִּ֣ים | metzupim | overlaid | H6823 → | 47 times |
| זָהָ֔ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וָוֵיהֶ֖ם | vaveihem | hooks their | H2053 → | 13 times |
| זָהָ֑ב | zahav | [will be] gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַרְבָּעָ֖ה | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| אַדְנֵי־ | ʾadnei- | bases of | H134 → | 57 times |
| כָֽסֶף׃ | khasef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
וְנָתַתָּ֣הand you will put
venatatahH5414 →2011 times
אֹתָ֗הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אַרְבָּעָה֙four
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
עַמּוּדֵ֣יpillars of
ʾamudeiH5982 →111 times
שִׁטִּ֔יםacacia
shitimH7848 →28 times
מְצֻפִּ֣יםoverlaid
metzupimH6823 →47 times
זָהָ֔בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וָוֵיהֶ֖םhooks their
vaveihemH2053 →13 times
זָהָ֑ב[will be] gold
zahavH2091 →389 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אַרְבָּעָ֖הfour
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
אַדְנֵי־bases of
ʾadnei-H134 →57 times
כָֽסֶף׃silver
khasefH3701 →403 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
Esther 1:6Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of…
it leads to
- Amos 6:4
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
- Ezekiel 23:41
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
- Esther 7:8
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I…
- Amos 2:8
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
- Exodus 26:1
“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
- Amos 6:4
Through
Exodus 26:37Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
it leads to
- Exodus 36:38
together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
- Exodus 36:38
Through
Exodus 36:38together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
it leads to
- Exodus 27:10
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- Exodus 27:10
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Pacian of Barcelona, Commentary (church-history corpus); Paterius, EXPOSITION OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, EXODUS 44 and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.