Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:37
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlay them with gold, [and] their hooks [shall be of] gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood,…. One at each corner of the entrance into the tabernacle, and the other three at a proper distance from each other, so as to make four ways for the priests to enter in at; as there might very well be, since there was a breadth of ten cubits, or five yards or more:
and overlay them with gold; with plates of gold, for a gild would soon wear off by continual use in passing and repassing. This is to be understood not of the whole pillars, but of the chapiters, heads, tops, or knobs of them, and of their fillets or girdles; in some parts of them the wood appearing, as is plain from Ex 36:38:
and their hooks shall be of gold; on which the hanging, covering, or vail was hung:
and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them; for the pillars to stand upon them, and were of a meaner metal than those on which the pillars for the vail before mentioned; that being the entrance into the holy of holies, where the divine Majesty dwelt, this into the holy place where the priests did their service.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(37) Five pillars.The odd number is surprising, especially compared with the four pillars of the interior (Exo. 26:32), until we remember that a tent such as that described must have a pillar, or tent-pole, in the middle of its gable-end, and an equal number of supports on either side. It is, in fact, this fifth pillar which, together with the use of the word ohel, gives to the tent theory of Mr. Fergusson, now generally adopted, its solid basis.
Their hooks.The hooks from which the hanging was to be suspended. (Comp. Exo. 26:32.)
Sockets of brass.Rather, of bronze. (See Note on Exo. 25:3.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Some have supposed that the manhood of Christ is hereby represented, Heb 10:19 , others have taken it for the ceremonial law: Eph 2:14 . And others have thought it means the visible heaven. Act 3:21 .
REFLECTIONS
May it be my happiness never to read or hear of this Jewish tabernacle, without always being enabled by the Holy Ghost, to connect with it and to keep in view that precious consideration, that we have such an high priest, (as the apostle speaks), who is a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched and not man. Blessed Jesus! May I behold in thee everything realized. Thou art indeed the tabernacle, the mercy-seat, the ark, the covering, the door, the curtains, the all in all. How richly furnished, how full and satisfying, how completely suited to all my wants in this wilderness state! Lord help me by the sweet and constraining influences of thy blessed Spirit, to be continually coming to thee for the supply of all my need. And now the vail is broken down, and true believers have boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, oh! may it be my portion to draw nigh with a true heart in full assurance of faith. May I live upon thee, and to thee, and by thee: and may thy blood and righteousness from which I derive pardon, and mercy, and peace, and wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption, be so completely mine in this live, that it may form my everlasting source of consolation and rejoicing to all eternity in another.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 26:37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars [of] shittim [wood], and overlay them with gold, [and] their hooks [shall be of] gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
Ver. 37. Of shittim wood. ] This, say some, they might bring with them out of Egypt, for necessary uses. Others note that great store of it grew in the desert of Arabia.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
hooks = pegs, pins, or nails.
brass. See note on Exo 26:17, and Exo 25:3.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
shittim i.e. acacia.
brass (See Scofield “Exo 27:17”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
overlay them with gold: Exo 36:38
Reciprocal: Exo 25:5 – shittim wood Exo 26:19 – forty sockets of silver Exo 26:32 – pillars of shittim Exo 35:15 – the hanging Exo 36:37 – an hanging Exo 38:30 – the sockets Exo 40:5 – put Exo 40:28 – General Num 3:25 – and the hanging Num 3:36 – under the custody and charge Est 1:6 – white