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Exodus 27:19
All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses on the construction specifications for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
The words — כְּלֵ֣י (ke.Lei) translates literally as "articles" or "utensils," and יְתֵדֹתָי/ו (ye.te.do.Ta/v) means "its tent pegs."
The thread — Exodus 27:3 commands bronze for the tabernacle's functional utensils, and Exodus 38:20 confirms the bronze material for all courtyard tent pegs. Exodus 35:18 lists the tent pegs and their ropes but does not specify the metal.
Why it lands — The text mandates a uniform construction material for sacred fittings, requiring exact compliance with the given specifications.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
Cross-references
- Exodus 27:3 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- Exodus 35:18 the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
- Exodus 38:20 All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
- Exodus 38:31 the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
- Exodus 39:40 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
- Numbers 3:37 as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
- Numbers 4:32 and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.
- Ezra 9:8 But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
- Isaiah 22:23 I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.