Exodus 38

Exodus 38:1

shittim i.e. acacia.

Exodus 38:27

silver Silver thus receives its symbolic meaning–redemption. The sockets were made of the redemption money of the children of Israel. Cf. Exodus 26:19; Exodus 30:13-16; Numbers 3:44-51. sockets (See Scofield “Exodus 26:19”).