Bible Strands
Exodus 38:5
At the four corners of the bronze grate he cast four rings as holders for the poles.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records a construction detail during the fabrication of the tabernacle's bronze altar, describing how the grating was fitted with attachment points.
The words — וַ/יִּצֹק (va/i.yi.Tzok) = "and he cast" and טַבָּעֹת (ta.ba.'Ot) = "rings" specify the method and object of the metalwork.
The thread — This execution fulfills the earlier directive in Exodus 27:4 to fashion a bronze ring at each corner of the mesh grate.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to track the sequential steps of altar assembly, noting that casting the rings precedes the actual placement of the carrying poles.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
Cross-references
- Exodus 27:4 Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.