Exodus 38:27
in Exodus 38The 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe brass, though less valuable, was of use not only for the brazen altar, but for the sockets of the court, which probably in other tents were of wood: but it is promised ( Isa. lx. 17 ), For wood I will bring brass. See how liberal the people were and how faithful the workmen were, in both which respects their good example ought to be followed.
This site's exposition
The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases
on Exodus 38:27-28
The atonement money went into the ground, 100 bases from 100 talents, ninety-six under the frames and four under the veil. The tent stands on the price paid for the counted men. Exodus 30:16 gave the money for the service of the Tent of Meeting, and here is that service.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Sockets - Bases. See the margin reference.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֗י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מְאַת֙ | meat | [the] one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| כִּכַּ֣ר | kikar | [the] talent[s] of | H3603 → | 68 times |
| הַכֶּ֔סֶף | hakesef | <the> silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| לָצֶ֗קֶת | latzeket | to cast | H3332 → | 50 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַדְנֵ֣י | ʾadnei | [the] bases of | H134 → | 57 times |
| הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַדְנֵ֣י | ʾadnei | [the] bases of | H134 → | 57 times |
| הַפָּרֹ֑כֶת | haparokhet | the curtain | H6532 → | 25 times |
| מְאַ֧ת | meat | a hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| אֲדָנִ֛ים | ʾadanim | bases | H134 → | 57 times |
| לִמְאַ֥ת | limat | for [the] one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
| הַכִּכָּ֖ר | hakikar | the talent[s] | H3603 → | 68 times |
| כִּכָּ֥ר | kikar | a talent | H3603 → | 68 times |
| לָאָֽדֶן׃ | laaden | for <the> base | H134 → | 57 times |
וַיְהִ֗יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
מְאַת֙[the] one hundred
meatH3967 →581 times
כִּכַּ֣ר[the] talent[s] of
kikarH3603 →68 times
הַכֶּ֔סֶף<the> silver
hakesefH3701 →403 times
לָצֶ֗קֶתto cast
latzeketH3332 →50 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אַדְנֵ֣י[the] bases of
ʾadneiH134 →57 times
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁthe holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אַדְנֵ֣י[the] bases of
ʾadneiH134 →57 times
הַפָּרֹ֑כֶתthe curtain
haparokhetH6532 →25 times
מְאַ֧תa hundred
meatH3967 →581 times
אֲדָנִ֛יםbases
ʾadanimH134 →57 times
לִמְאַ֥תfor [the] one hundred
limatH3967 →581 times
הַכִּכָּ֖רthe talent[s]
hakikarH3603 →68 times
כִּכָּ֥רa talent
kikarH3603 →68 times
לָאָֽדֶן׃for <the> base
laadenH134 →57 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 26:32Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
it leads to
- Exodus 26:37
Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
- 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.
- Esther 1:6
Hangings 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…
- Exodus 26:37
Through
Exodus 26:19with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
it leads to
- Exodus 36:24–26
with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
- Exodus 26:25
So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
- 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.
- Numbers 3:36
The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,
- Exodus 27:12–18
The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
- Exodus 36:24–26
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
