Numbers 3:37
in Numbers 3as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
KJV
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
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This verse in Numbers 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the pillars of the court round about,.... Of the great court which went round the tabernacle, on which pillars the hangings were hung: and their sockets; into which the, pillars were put; of both which see Exo 27:9, and their pins, and their cords, the pins were fixed in the ground, and the cords fastened the hangings of the court to them, whereby they were kept tight and unmoved by the winds; see Exo 27:19.
This site's exposition
The duties assigned to the sons of Merari
on Numbers 3:36-37
Merari carries the frame: the boards, the bars, the pillars, the sockets, the pins and the cords. Numbers 7:8 gives this house four wagons, twice what Gershon received for the curtains. The smallest of the three families draws the heaviest weight.
This site's exposition
tent pegs, and ropes
John Gill says the pegs were driven into the ground and the ropes tied the courtyard curtains to them, keeping them taut against the wind. Exodus 27:19 makes the pegs of bronze. Merari carried them all.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Here we may observe, (1.) That the Kohathites, though they were the second house, yet were preferred before the elder family of the Gershonites. Besides that Aaron and the priests were of that family, they were more numerous, and their post and charge more honourable, which probably was ordered to put an honour upon Moses, who was of that family.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַמֻּדֵ֧י | veamudei | and [the] pillars of | H5982 → | 111 times |
| הֶחָצֵ֛ר | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| סָבִ֖יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֑ם | veadneihem | and bases their | H134 → | 57 times |
| וִיתֵדֹתָ֖ם | vitedotam | and tent pegs their | H3489 → | |
| וּמֵֽיתְרֵיהֶֽם׃ | umeitereihem | and ropes their | H4340 → | 9 times |
וְעַמֻּדֵ֧יand [the] pillars of
veamudeiH5982 →111 times
הֶחָצֵ֛רthe courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
סָבִ֖יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֑םand bases their
veadneihemH134 →57 times
וִיתֵדֹתָ֖םand tent pegs their
vitedotamH3489 →
וּמֵֽיתְרֵיהֶֽם׃and ropes their
umeitereihemH4340 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.