KJV King James Version
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlay them with gold, [and] their hooks [shall be of] gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
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Exodus 26:37
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlay them with gold, [and] their hooks [shall be of] gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
WEB World English Bible
You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and thou hast made for the covering five pillars of shittim wood, and hast overlaid them with gold, their pegs are of gold, and thou hast cast for them five sockets of brass.
Surrounding context — Exodus 26
34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy [place].
35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlay them with gold, [and] their hooks [shall be of] gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
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וְעָשִׂ֣יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doלַמָּסָ֗ךְH4539 · ma.sakhcoveringחֲמִשָּׁה֙H2568 · cha.meshfiveעַמּוּדֵ֣יH5982 · am.mudpillarשִׁטִּ֔יםH7848 · shit.tahacaciaוְצִפִּיתָ֤H6823 · tsa.phahto overlayאֹתָם֙H853 · et[Obj.]זָהָ֔בH2091 · za.havgoldוָוֵיהֶ֖םH2053 · vavhookזָהָ֑בH2091 · za.havgoldוְיָצַקְתָּ֣H3332 · ya.tsaqto pour: pourלָהֶ֔םH9038 · hemthemחֲמִשָּׁ֖הH2568 · cha.meshfiveאַדְנֵ֥יH134 · e.densocketנְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronze
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