Exodus 38:17

And the bases of the pillars were of brass; their hooks and the bands round the tops of them were of silver; all the pillars were ringed with silver.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16All the hangings were of the best linen.

18And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

Read all of Exodus 38

Cross References

Numbers 3:36And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,

1 Kings 7:16And he made the two crowns to be put on the tops of the pillars, of brass made soft in the fire; the crowns were five cubits high.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 38:10-21

9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: 10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Exodus 38:17