Numbers 3:37

37 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.

Numbers 3:37 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:37

And the pillars of the court round about
Of the great court which went round the tabernacle, on which pillars the hangings were hung:

and their sockets;
into which the, pillars were put; of both which see ( Exodus 27:9-17 ) ;

and their pins, and their cords,
the pins were fixed in the ground, and the cords fastened the hangings of the court to them, whereby they were kept tight and unmoved by the winds; see ( Exodus 27:19 ) .

Numbers 3:37 In-Context

35 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Tzuri'el the son of Avichayil. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

36 The appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

37 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.

38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moshe, and Aharon and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Yisra'el. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moshe and Aharon numbered at the mitzvah of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.