Exodus 38:20

Exodus 38:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
• New International Version (NIV)All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were of bronze.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the pegs of the tabernacle, and of the court all around, were bronze.

Context of Exodus 38:20

18— And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court; 19and 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. And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court round about were of copper. 21These are the things numbered of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, by the service of the Levites, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 22And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah had commanded Moses;

Exodus 38:20 word by word

וְֽכָל־הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן וְלֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סRead the interlinear

• pegsיָתֵדyâthêd · pegH3489
• tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• copperנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178

Cross-references for Exodus 38:20

• Exodus 27:19All the utensils of the tabernacle for the service thereof and all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the court shall be of copper.
• 2 Chronicles 3:9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold.
• Ezra 9:8And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah 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.
• Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections [of them] as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.
• Isaiah 22:23And I will fasten him [as] a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house:
• Isaiah 33:20Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken;
• Ephesians 2:21in whom all [the] building fitted together increases to a holy temple in the Lord;
• Colossians 2:19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

Commentaries on Exodus 38:20

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20This section reports on building the courtyard (38:9–20) and its equipment, including the altar of burnt offering and the bronze basin (38:1–7; 38:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311. the altar of burnt offering--The repetitions are continued, in which may be traced the exact conformity of the execution to the order.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Cunning
• Fillet
• Nail
• Occupy
• Overlaying
• Atonement, Day of
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Exodus 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings