Exodus 38:17
in Exodus 38The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
KJV
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe hooks - and their fillets - The capitals, and the silver bands that went round them; see Clarke’s note on Exo 26:32.
This site's exposition
The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long
on Exodus 38:14-17
Every pillar of the court is banded and capped in silver. Verse 28 says that silver is the 1,775 shekels left from the ransom money after the hundred sockets of the dwelling were cast.
This site's exposition
the plating for the tops of the posts
Adam Clarke takes the silver plating as capitals on the tops of the posts, with silver bands running round them. Each post rose from a bronze base to a silver top. Exodus 27:17 ordered every courtyard post banded with silver.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Commentary on Chapter XXXVIII 1. The altar of burnt-offering - On this all their sacrifices were offered. Christ was himself the altar to his own sacrifice of atonement, and so he is to all our sacrifices of acknowledgment.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָאֲדָנִ֣ים | vehaadanim | and the bases | H134 → | 57 times |
| לָֽעַמֻּדִים֮ | laamudim | for the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| נְחֹשֶׁת֒ | nechoshet | [were] bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| וָוֵ֨י | vavei | [the] hooks of | H2053 → | 13 times |
| הָֽעַמּוּדִ֜ים | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם֙ | vachashukeihem | and bands their | H2838 → | 8 times |
| כֶּ֔סֶף | kesef | [were] silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְצִפּ֥וּי | vetzipui | and [the] overlay of | H6826 → | |
| רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם | rasheihem | tops their | H7218 → | 599 times |
| כָּ֑סֶף | kasef | [was] silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְהֵם֙ | vehem | and they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים | mechushakim | [were] furnished with bands | H2836 → | 11 times |
| כֶּ֔סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| כֹּ֖ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עַמֻּדֵ֥י | ʾamudei | [the] pillars of | H5982 → | 111 times |
| הֶחָצֵֽר׃ | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
וְהָאֲדָנִ֣יםand the bases
vehaadanimH134 →57 times
לָֽעַמֻּדִים֮for the pillars
laamudimH5982 →111 times
נְחֹשֶׁת֒[were] bronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
וָוֵ֨י[the] hooks of
vaveiH2053 →13 times
הָֽעַמּוּדִ֜יםthe pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 times
וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶם֙and bands their
vachashukeihemH2838 →8 times
כֶּ֔סֶף[were] silver
kesefH3701 →403 times
וְצִפּ֥וּיand [the] overlay of
vetzipuiH6826 →
רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖םtops their
rasheihemH7218 →599 times
כָּ֑סֶף[was] silver
kasefH3701 →403 times
וְהֵם֙and they
vehemH1992 →553 times
מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים[were] furnished with bands
mechushakimH2836 →11 times
כֶּ֔סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
כֹּ֖לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
עַמֻּדֵ֥י[the] pillars of
ʾamudeiH5982 →111 times
הֶחָצֵֽר׃the courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.