Exodus 26 · Verse 21

Exodus 26:21

And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Exodus 26:21, King James Version

Exodus 26:21 in other translations

BSBand forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
WEBand their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
ASVand their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
YLTand their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board.
DARBYAnd their forty bases of silver; two bases under one board, and two bases under another board.
BBEWith their forty silver bases, two under every board.
WebsterAnd their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

What does Exodus 26:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 26:15-30

15-30. thou shalt make boards ... rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion ... which was showed thee--The tabernacle, from its name as well as from its general appearance and arrangements, was a tent; but from the description given in these verses, the boards that formed its walls, the five (cross) bars that strengthened them, and the middle bar that "reached from end to end," and gave it solidity and…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 26:15-30

The sockets of silver each weighed about 115 pounds; they were placed in rows on the ground. In every pair of these sockets, a strong board of shittim-wood, covered with plates of gold, was fitted by mortises and tenons. Thus walls were formed for the two sides, and for the west end. The wall was further held together by bars, which passed through rings of gold. Over this the curtains were spread. Though movable, it…

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Exodus 26:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםve.'ar.ba.'Imand fortyH705
אַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם'ad.nei.Hembases theirH134
כָּ֑סֶףKa.sefsilverH3701
שְׁנֵ֣יshe.NeitwoH8147
אֲדָנִ֗ים'a.da.NimbasesH134
תַּ֚חַתTa.chatunderH8478
הַקֶּ֣רֶשׁha.Ke.reshthe frameH7175
הָֽאֶחָ֔דha.'e.Chad<the> oneH259
וּשְׁנֵ֣יu.she.Neiand twoH8147
אֲדָנִ֔ים'a.da.NimbasesH134
תַּ֖חַתTa.chatunderH8478
הַקֶּ֥רֶשׁha.Ke.reshthe frameH7175
הָאֶחָֽד\׃ha.'e.Chad<the> oneH259

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

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Context

  • Exodus 26:20

    And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

  • Exodus 26:21

    And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

  • Exodus 26:22

    And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards.

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Exodus 26:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sus cuarenta basas de plata: dos basas debajo de la una tabla, y dos basas debajo de la otra tabla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et leurs 40 bases d’argent, deux bases sous un ais, et deux bases sous un ais.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihre vierzig Füße von Silber: zwei Füße unter ein Brett, und wieder zwei Füße unter ein Brett;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quadraginta habentes bases argenteas, binæ bases singulis tabulis supponentur.