King James Version
Exodus 38:20 in the King James Version says “And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.”
Exodus 38:20 · KJV
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.
And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
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properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of the tabernacle”
H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w
“and of the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
“were of brass”
H5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
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