Exodus 38 · Verse 27

Exodus 38:27

And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
Exodus 38:27, King James Version

Exodus 38:27 in other translations

BSBThe hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
WEBThe one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, one talent per socket.
ASVAnd the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
YLTAnd a hundred talents of silver are to cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket;
DARBYAnd there were a hundred talents of silver for casting the bases of the sanctuary, and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases of a hundred talents, a talent for a base.
BBEOf this silver, a hundred talents was used for making the bases of the pillars of the holy place and of the veil; a talent for every base.
WebsterAnd of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

What does Exodus 38:27 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 38:21-31

The foundation of massy pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded. Let us regard the Lord Jesus Christ while reading of the furniture of the tabernacle. While looking at the altar of burnt-offering, let us see Jesus. In him, his righteousness, and salvation, is a full and sufficient offering for sin. In the laver of regeneration, by his Holy Spirit, let our souls…

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Exodus 38:27 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
מְאַת֙me.'At[the] one hundredH3967
כִּכַּ֣רki.Kar[the] talent[s] ofH3603
הַכֶּ֔סֶףha.Ke.sef<the> silverH3701
לָצֶ֗קֶתla.Tze.ketto castH3332
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
אַדְנֵ֣י'ad.Nei[the] bases ofH134
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אַדְנֵ֣י'ad.Nei[the] bases ofH134
הַפָּרֹ֑כֶתha.pa.Ro.khetthe curtainH6532
מְאַ֧תme.'Ata hundredH3967
אֲדָנִ֛ים'a.da.NimbasesH134
לִמְאַ֥תlim.'Atfor [the] one hundredH3967
הַכִּכָּ֖רha.ki.Karthe talent[s]H3603
כִּכָּ֥רki.Kara talentH3603
לָאָֽדֶן\׃la.'A.denfor <the> baseH134

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

Cross references for Exodus 38:27

  • Exodus 26:19

    And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

  • Exodus 26:32

    And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

  • Exodus 26:21

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

  • Exodus 26:25

    And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

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Context

  • Exodus 38:26

    A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

  • Exodus 38:27

    And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

  • Exodus 38:28

    And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

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Exodus 38:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hubo además cien talentos de plata para hacer de fundición las basas del santuario y las basas del velo: en cien basas cien talentos, á talento por basa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les 100 talents d’argent étaient pour fondre les bases du lieu saint, et les bases du voile, 100 bases pour les 100 talents, un talent par base;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die 100 Talente Silber waren zum Gießen der Füße des Heiligtums und der Füße des Vorhanges, 100 Füße auf 100 Talente, ein Talent auf einen Fuß.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Centum bases factæ sunt de talentis centum, singulis talentis per bases singulas supputatis.