Exodus 26:32

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Moses on Mount Sinai during the tabernacle construction sequence. The command specifies the exact structural requirements for suspending the inner veil that divides the sanctuary.

The words — וְנָתַתָּה (ve.natattah) translates to "and you will place," directing the physical installation of the veil. עַמּוּדֵי שִׁטִּים (amudei shittim) means "pillars of acacia wood," identifying the specific timber mandated for the support posts.

The thread — The same hanging and post specifications appear in Exodus 26:37 for the outer curtain and Exodus 36:38 during the tabernacle's assembly. Esther 1:6 later uses parallel hanging terminology for royal palace curtains.

Why it lands — The text dictates that the veil must rest on exactly four gold-overlaid acacia posts set in silver bases. It requires the reader to acknowledge that sacred space is defined by exact materials and orderly placement rather than human convenience.

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The Hebrew words

וְנָתַתָּ֣הve./na.ta.Tahand/ you will put אֹתָ֗הּ'o.Ta/h<obj.>/ it עַל־'al-on אַרְבָּעָה֙'ar.ba.'Ahfour עַמּוּדֵ֣י'a.mu.Deipillars of שִׁטִּ֔יםshi.Timacacia מְצֻפִּ֣יםme.tzu.Pimoverlaid זָהָ֔בza.Havgold וָוֵיהֶ֖םva.vei./Hemhooks/ their זָהָ֑בza.Hav[will be] gold עַל־'al-on אַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'Ahfour אַדְנֵי־'ad.nei-bases of כָֽסֶף׃Kha.sefsilver

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

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 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 porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.