Exodus Chapter 40 verse 18 Holy Bible
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars.
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Moses put up the House; placing its bases in position and lifting up its uprights, putting in the rods and planting the pillars in their places;
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And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put in its bases, and fixed its boards, and put in its bars, and set up its pillars.
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And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
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And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened its sockets, and set up its boards, and put in its bars, and reared up its pillars.
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Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars.
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and Moses raiseth up the tabernacle, and setteth its sockets, and placeth its boards, and placeth its bars, and raiseth its pillars,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Fastened his sockets. Rather, "placed its sockets." The "sockets" or "bases" appear to have been simply laid on the flat sand of the desert, not "fastened" to it in any way. They were heavy masses of metal and would remain where they were placed. His pillars. The pillars that supported the "veil," and also those at the east end, where the entrance was.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Moses . . . fastened his sockets.--The stability of the Tabernacle must have depended almost entirely upon the sockets. These were of some considerable weight (Exodus 38:27), but they cannot by their mere weight have sustained the fabric in an upright position. It is reasonable to suppose that they were let into the ground to a depth of some feet. The erection necessarily commenced with this operation.Set up the boards.--When the sockets had been firmly fixed, the upright boards and tiie pillars were inserted into them by means of the "tenons" in which they terminated, and so stood erect. The coupling by "bars" rivetted the three walls into one firm and compact structure.