Bible Strands
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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator documents the artisans working through the bronze contribution to forge foundational supports and altar components for the Tabernacle and its courtyard.
The words — אַדְנֵי ('ad.Nei) literally means bases, referring to the cast bronze footings that anchor the structural posts and altar framework.
The thread — Bronze bases appear repeatedly as the standard foundation for sacred posts in Exodus 26:37, 27:10, and 27:17.
Why it lands — The text records the exact allocation of contributed metal for fixed worship structures, requiring the reader to observe how communal resources are systematically converted into permanent sacred architecture.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
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 27:10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- Exodus 27:17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.