Exodus 27:17

Verse

All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

American Standard Version (1901)

All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

Bible in Basic English

All the pillars round the open space are to have silver bands, with hooks of silver and bases of brass.

Douay-Rheims 1899

All the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads and sockets of brass.

Free Bible Version

All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze stands.

Geneva Bible 1599

All the pillars of the court shall haue filets of siluer round about, with their heads of siluer, and their sockets of brasse.

King James (Authorized) Version

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

One Unity Resource Bible

All the pillars of the court around shall have chasak ·joints for binding· made with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.

Translation for Translators

All the posts around the courtyard must be connected with metal rods covered with silver. The clasps/fasteners must be made of silver, and the bases must be made of bronze.

Unlocked Literal Bible

All the courtyard posts must have silver rods, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

Noah Webster Bible

All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver: their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

World English Bible

All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.

Young's Literal Translation

All the pillars of the court round about [are] filleted [with] silver, their pegs [are] silver, and their sockets brass.

Context

The Courtyard

¹⁶The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.¹⁷All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases. ¹⁸The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

Summary

This verse describes the dimensions of the bronze bases that supported the curtains of the courtyard of the tabernacle. Each base was square, measuring five cubits on each side and three cubits high. These bases were positioned under the frames of the courtyard, providing stability and support for the linen curtains that enclosed the sacred space. The attention to detail in these measurements reflects the importance of proper construction and design in the worship of God, emphasizing the significance of every aspect of the tabernacle's structure.

Commentary

Keil-Delitzsch
John Gill

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

"All the pillars of the court round about (shall be) bound with connecting rods of silver." As the rods connecting the pillars of the court were of silver, and those connecting the pillars at the entrance to the dwelling were of wood overlaid with gold, the former must have been intended for a different purpose from the latter, simply serving as rods to which to fasten the hangings, whereas those at the door of the dwelling formed an architrave. The height of the hangings of the court and the covering of the door is given in Exo 38:17 as 5 cubits, corresponding to the height of the pillars given in Exo 28:18 of the chapter before us; but the expression in Exo 38:18, "the height in the breadth," is a singular one, and רחב is probably to be understood in the sense of רחב door-place or door-way, - the meaning of the passage being, "the height of the covering in the door-way." In Exo 28:18, "50 everywhere," πεντήκοντα ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα (lxx), lit., 50 by 50, is to be understood as relating to the extent towards the north and south; and the reading of the Samaritan text, viz., באמּה for בחמשּׁים, is merely the result of an arbitrary attempt to bring the text into conformity with the previous באמּה מאה, whilst the lxx, on the other hand, by an equally arbitrary change, have rendered the passage ἑκατὸν εφ ̓ ἑκατὸν.