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.
The hundred talents of silver were used to make the bases for the sanctuary and the bases for the curtain. There were one hundred bases made from the hundred talents of silver—one talent of silver for each base.
This verse describes how the silver collected from the Israelites was used to create the foundation bases that held up the tabernacle's structure.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from the detailed account of building the tabernacle in the wilderness. The silver mentioned came from a census tax where each Israelite man twenty years and older contributed a half-shekel of silver. These silver bases served as the foundation sockets that held up the wooden framework of the portable sanctuary where God would dwell among His people.
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