their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
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their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
their 20 pillars and their 20 bronze bases, the hooks of the pillars and their rings of silver.
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their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
Their pillars were twentie, and their brasen sockets twentie: the hookes of the pillars, and their filets were of siluer.
Twenty pillars of brass with their sockets, the heads of the pillars, and the whole graving of the work, of silver.
their pillars `are' twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets `are' silver;
their pillars [are] twenty, and their bronze sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets [are] silver;
The hangings had twenty posts, with twenty bronze bases. There were hooks attached to the posts, as well as silver rods.
their 20 pillars and their 20 bronze bases, the hooks of the pillars and their rings of silver.
their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.
their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, were of silver.
with twenty posts and twenty bronze stands, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
Their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were brass; and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.
Their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
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Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם fillets H2838 — appearing just 8 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.
Shared distinctive vocabulary
וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם fillets H2838 occurs in 8 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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Repetition
Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 21 words from the Hebrew and 29 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
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עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָעַמֻּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף
their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί χωνεύω αὐτός τέσσαρες δακτύλιος δύο ἐπί ὁ κλίτος ὁ εἷς καί δύο ἐπί ὁ κλίτος ὁ δεύτερος εὐρύς ὥστε αἴρω ὁ διωστήρ ἐν αὐτός
and cast for it four rings: two on the one side and two on the other side, broad, so that men should lift it with the staves in them.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
עַמוּדֵיהוֹן עֶסְרִין וְסַמְכֵיהוֹן עֶסְרִין נְחָשָׁא וָוֵי עַמוּדַיָא וְכִבּוּשֵׁיהוֹן דִכְסָף:
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Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
עַמּוּדֵיהוֹן עַשְרִין וְחוֹמְרֵיהוֹן עַשְרִין דִּנְחָשָׁא וָוֵי עַמּוּדַיָא וְכִבּוּשֵׁיהוֹן דִּכְסָף
their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their rods were of silver.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 9 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is châshuq (“fillets”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 38:10 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.