Description and usage
The Holy Place was divided from the Most Holy Place by means of a hanging curtain (see Curtain, veil, drape). The curtain was hung from four vertical posts or poles that stood in silver stands. At the top of the curtain there were four rings or clasps. Each of these rings was fitted over a hook at the top of each of the poles in order to hang the curtain. The poles were overlaid with gold, and the hooks were made of gold.
The same construction was used for the hanging of the curtain that covered the entrance of the Tabernacle and for the curtains that made the outer wall of the courtyard.
Translation
The posts from which the veil and the entrance curtain were hung were made of acacia wood (EXO 26:32; EXO 26:37). The text does not state the material from which the posts of the courtyard perimeter were made, but they were presumably also of wood. Where a language requires that the material be named, this information may be added.
CEV ’s restructuring of EXO 26:32; EXO 26:33 a gives a clear picture: “Cover four acacia wood posts with gold and set them each on a silver stand. Then fasten gold hooks to the posts and hang the curtain there.”
The words that are used to translate the different objects in EXO 26:32 should be used also for the same objects in EXO 26:37.