Bible Strands
Exodus 26:19
with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses on the precise construction of the tabernacle’s south wall, specifying the foundation for its twenty acacia frames.
The words — אַדְנֵי־כֶֽסֶף (adnei-kesev) translates literally as “silver bases,” denoting the metal footings that will support the wooden structure.
The thread — This foundational pattern appears in Exodus 26:25 for the western frames and Exodus 38:27, which records the casting of one hundred silver bases for the sanctuary.
Why it lands — The text demands exact numerical compliance in worship construction, requiring the builder to account for two bases per frame and one under each tenon.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Exodus 26:25 So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
- Exodus 26:37 Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold, use hooks of gold, and cast five bronze bases for them.
- Exodus 27:10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- Exodus 27:12 The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
- Exodus 36:24 with forty silver bases to put under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
- Exodus 38:30 He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,
- Exodus 40:18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- 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,
- Numbers 4:31 This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,