Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 27:17

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

17. filleted ] i.e. bound round, as explained on v. 10.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Their hooks shall be of silver, all silver, not only covered with silver, as some unduly infer from Exo 38:17.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver,…. This is observed, because only mention is made before of the pillars that were on the south and north sides of the court, as filleted with silver; but inasmuch as those at both ends, east and west, were to be so likewise, this is added:

their hooks [shall be of] silver, and their sockets of brass; no notice having been taken of the hooks to the pillars at both ends, though they were as necessary there as elsewhere, and must be supposed, and though the sockets are mentioned, yet not their metal, and therefore are in general included here.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

“ 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 is probably to be understood in the sense of 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,” (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., for , is merely the result of an arbitrary attempt to bring the text into conformity with the previous , whilst the lxx, on the other hand, by an equally arbitrary change, have rendered the passage .

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(17) Filleted with silver.Rather, united by silver rods. (See the last Note on Exo. 27:10.)

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Exo 27:17 All the pillars round about the court [shall be] filleted with silver; their hooks [shall be of] silver, and their sockets [of] brass.

Ver. 17. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. ] The nearer things were unto God the more precious they were: and e contra.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)