KJV King James Version
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, [were of] brass.
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Exodus 38:20
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, [were of] brass.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
WEB World English Bible
All the pins of the tabernacle, and around the court, were of brass.
ASV American Standard Version
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and all the pins for the tabernacle, and for the court round about, are of brass.
Surrounding context — Exodus 38
17 And the sockets for the pillars [were of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters [of] silver; and all the pillars of the court [were] filleted with silver.
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.
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.
20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, [were of] brass.
21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, [even] of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, [for] the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
23 And with him [was] Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
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Isaiah 22:23And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.Colossians 2:19And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.Exodus 27:19All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.Ephesians 2:21-22In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:2 Chronicles 3:9And the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise [are] as goads, and as nails fastened [by] the masters of assemblies, [which] are given from one shepherd.Isaiah 33:20Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that] shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.Ezra 9:8And now for a little space grace hath been [shewed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
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