Exodus 27:17

Exodus 27:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
• New International Version (NIV)All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the pillars around the court shall have bands of silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze.

Context of Exodus 27:17

15On the second side there are to be hangings twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. 16For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases. All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands; their hooks are to be silver, and their bases bronze. 18The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet and the width seventy-five feet, and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings is to be seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases. 19All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze.

Exodus 27:17 word by word

כָּל־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הֶֽחָצֵ֤ר סָבִיב֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וָוֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• filletedחָשַׁקchâshaq · furnish with filletsH2836
• with silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• their hooksוָוvâv · hookH2053
• and their socketsאֶ֫דֶן'eden · socketH134
• brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178

Commentaries on Exodus 27:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 The court of the tabernacle - (Compare Exodus 38:9-20) Exodus 27:9 The south side southward - The south side on the right. See Exodus 26:18. Exodus 27:10 Sockets - Bases. See Exodus 26:19. Fillets - Rather, Connecting rods; curtain-rods of silver connecting the heads of the pillars. The hangings were attached to the pillars by the silver hooks; but the length of the space between the pillars would render it most probable that they were also in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 The tabernacle was enclosed in a court, about sixty yards long and thirty broad, formed by curtains hung upon brazen pillars, fixed in brazen sockets. Within this enclosure the priests and Levites offered the sacrifices, and thither the Jewish people were admitted. These distinctions represented the difference between the visible nominal church, and the true spiritual church, which alone has access to God, and communion with him.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-19The courtyard plans included curtain walls made of finely woven linen, hanging on posts with bronze bases. The posts were 2.29 meters apart (7.5 feet) and 2.29 meters high (7.5 feet). The curtains formed a rectangle measuring 46 meters long (150 feet) and 22.86 meters wide (75 feet), with a 10-meter opening (30 feet) centered on the east side.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-199-19. the court of the tabernacle--The enclosure in which the edifice stood was a rectangular court, extending rather more than fifty yards in length and half that space in breadth, and the enclosing parapet was about three yards or half the height of the tabernacle. That parapet consisted of a connected series of curtains, made of fine twined linen yarn, woven into a kind of network, so that the people could see through; but that large curtain which…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 27:17

• Curtains
• Silver
• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Court
• Fillets
• Hollow
• Silver
• Tabernacle
• Architecture
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Fillet
• Four

Commentaries on Exodus 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings