Exodus 38 · Verse 19

Exodus 38:19

And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
Exodus 38:19, King James Version

Exodus 38:19 in other translations

BSBwith four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
WEBTheir pillars were four, and their sockets four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
ASVAnd their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
YLTand their pillars are four, and their sockets of brass four, their pegs are of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets are of silver;
DARBYand their pillars four, and their bases four, of copper; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their connecting-rods of silver.
BBEThere were four pillars with their bases, all of brass, the hooks being of silver, and their tops and their bands being covered with silver.
WebsterAnd their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.

What does Exodus 38:19 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 38:9-20

The walls of the court being of curtains only, intimated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged, and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world.

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Exodus 38:19 in the original Hebrew

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וְעַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙ve.'a.mu.dei.Hemand pillars theirH5982
אַרְבָּעָ֔ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥םve.'ad.nei.Hemand bases theirH134
אַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702
נְחֹ֑שֶׁתne.Cho.shet[were] bronzeH5178
וָוֵיהֶ֣םva.vei.Hemhooks theirH2053
כֶּ֔סֶףKe.sef[were] silverH3701
וְצִפּ֧וּיve.tzi.Puiand [the] overlay ofH6826
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֛םra.shei.Hemtops theirH7218
וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖םva.cha.shu.kei.Hemand bands theirH2838
כָּֽסֶף\׃Ka.sef[were] silverH3701

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

Context

  • Exodus 38:18

    And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

  • Exodus 38:19

    And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

  • Exodus 38:20

    And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

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Exodus 38:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sus columnas fueron cuatro con sus cuatro basas de metal: y sus capiteles de plata; y las cubiertas de los capiteles de ellas y sus molduras, de plata.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et ses quatre piliers, et leurs quatre bases, d’airain; leurs crochets, d’argent; et le plaqué de leurs chapiteaux et leurs baguettes d’attache, d’argent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ihre vier Säulen und ihre vier Füße waren von Erz, ihre Haken von Silber und der Überzug ihrer Köpfe und ihre Bindestäbe von Silber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Columnæ autem in ingressu fuere quatuor cum basibus æneis, capitaque earum et cælaturæ argenteæ.