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is an erroneous translation in the A. V. of two Heb. words: חֲשֻׁקַים , chashukim', joinings (comp. Exodus 38:17; Exodus 38:28; Exodus 27:17), the poles or rods which served to join together the tops of the columns .around the court of the tabernacle (q.v.), and from which the curtains were suspended (Exodus 27:10-11; Exodus 36:38; Exodus 38:10-12; Exodus 38:17; Exodus 38:19). חוּט, chut, a thread (as elsewhere rendered), a measuring-line 12 cubits long for the circumference of the pillars of copper in Solomon's Temple (Jeremiah 52:21). (See COLUMN); (See GARLAND).