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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)All the tent pegs used in the Tabernacle and courtyard were made of bronze.

Context of Exodus 38:20

18The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high, 19with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze. 21These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. 22(Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses;

Exodus 38:20 word by word

וְֽכָל־הַיְתֵדֹ֞ת לַמִּשְׁכָּ֧ן וְלֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the pinsיָתֵדyâthêd · pegH3489
• of the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
• and of the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178

Cross-references for Exodus 38:20

• Exodus 27:19All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.
• 2 Chronicles 3:9The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
• Ezra 9:8“But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage.
• Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.
• Isaiah 22:23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place; he will become a seat of honor for the house of his father.
• Isaiah 33:20Look on Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor any of its ropes broken.
• Ephesians 2:21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
• Colossians 2:19They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

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