Exodus 38:27

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.”

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BSBPD

“The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And a hundred talents of silver are to cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 38:27 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 26:19with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
  2. Exodus 26:21and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
  3. Exodus 26:25So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
  4. Exodus 26:32Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

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