Numbers 3:37 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 3:37

as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And 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.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַמֻּדֵ֧י	ve.'a.mu.Dei	and [the] pillars of	H5982 →
הֶחָצֵ֛ר	he.cha.Tzer	the courtyard	H2691 →
סָבִ֖יב	sa.Viv	all around	H5439 →
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֑ם	ve.'ad.nei.Hem	and bases their	H134 →
וִיתֵדֹתָ֖ם	vi.te.do.Tam	and tent pegs their	H3489 →
וּמֵֽיתְרֵיהֶֽם׃	u.Mei.te.rei.Hem	and ropes their	H4340 →

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