Exodus 38:20

¹⁸ The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

¹⁹ with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.

All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

²¹ This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

²² Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
KJV: And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
WEB: All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of bronze.
ASV: And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
DARBY: And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper.
BLB: And all the pegs of the tabernacle and of the court [were] bronze all around.

ÅB: Alle pluggene til tabernaklet og til forgården helt rundt var av kobber.
OTB: Alle pluggene til tabernaklet og den omkringliggende forgården var laget av bronse.
B1930: Alle pluggene til tabernaklet og til forgården helt rundt var av kobber.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 3:9
The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper area with gold.
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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.
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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.
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Colossians 2:19
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
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Ephesians 2:21–22
In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
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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.
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Isaiah 33:20
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
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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.
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