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Exodus 38:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
Exodus 38:17
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And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
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.
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.
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.
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Exodus 38:1
"And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height"
Exodus 38:2
"And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass."
Exodus 38:3
"And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass."
Exodus 38:4
"And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst"
Exodus 38:5
"And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves."
Exodus 38:6
"And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass."
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