What were the sockets of the tabernacle's outer fence and parts made of?
The sockets for the tabernacle’s outer fence and its other parts were made of either brass or silver. The construction set these components in metal sockets, and the text specifies these bases were of brass or silver. This detail shows both metals were used for the bases supporting the outer fence and related parts.
Les explains that all the parts of the outer fence and everything else were set in sockets of either brass or silver. After describing the tabernacle’s inner fabric with its blue, purple, and scarlet and woven cherubim, Les contrasts the outside—where Christ had no beauty that we should behold Him—with the inside, where He is everything beautiful to the believer. He then moves to the construction details, noting that the outer fence and other parts were set in sockets of either brass or silver.