Exodus 38:31 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And the bronze bases for the posts around the courtyard, the bases for the courtyard gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs for the courtyard around it.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse lists the final bronze items made for the tabernacle - the bases that held up the courtyard fence and all the tent pegs that secured everything in place.

📚 Historical Context

This verse concludes the detailed inventory of bronze items crafted by Bezalel and his workers for the tabernacle. The Israelites had just escaped slavery in Egypt and were camped at Mount Sinai, where God gave Moses specific instructions for building a portable worship center. These bronze fittings were essential structural elements that would allow the tabernacle to be assembled, disassembled, and transported as the Israelites journeyed to the Promised Land.

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And in the same way, for the north side there should be curtains that are 150 feet long, with twenty pillars and twenty bronze bases to hold them up. The hooks on the pillars and their connecting rods should be made of silver.

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All the posts around the courtyard must be connected with silver bands; their hooks must be made of silver, and their bases must be made of bronze.

Exodus 27:19

All the tools and equipment used in the tabernacle for worship, including all the tent stakes for the tabernacle and the courtyard around it, must be made of bronze.

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