Exodus 38:28
Ver. 28. And of the thousand seven hundred seventy five [shekels],.... Which remained of the sum collected, Ex 38:25 after the silver sockets were cast:
he made hooks for the pillars: on each side of the court of the tabernacle on which the hangings were hung; these hooks, as Kimchi says {t}, were in the form of the letter w, and were made to hang the sacrifices upon, when they took their skins off; and so it is said in the Misnah {u}, that there were iron hooks fixed in the walls and pillars, on which they hung (the passover lambs) and skinned them; this was done in the second temple, when the hooks, it seems, were iron, but those of the tabernacle were silver:and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them; that is, overlaid the heads, tops, or knobs of the pillars with silver plates, and filleted, girded, or hooped other parts of them with silver.{t} Sepher Shorash. Rad. ww. {u} Pesachim, c. 5. sect. 9. Exodus 38:29Ver. 29. And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. Which, according to Paris weight, were 6177 pounds, ten ounces, two drachms, and sixty four grains {w}: this might be had from the neighbouring mountains of Arabia, where it is said {x} the metals of brass and iron were first dug.{w} Vid. Scheuchzer, ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 253.) {x} Aristeas de 72. interpret. p. 42. Vid. Hieron. de loc. Hebr. fol. 90. A. Exodus 38:30Ver. 30. And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,.... Which were five; see Ex 26:37and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar; which were all made of brass; see Ex 27:2. Exodus 38:31Ver. 31. And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate,.... These were also of brass, in all sixty:and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about; the pins for the curtains of the tabernacle, and for the hangings of the court; see Ex 27:19.
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