Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 36:38
And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets [were of] brass.
38. their chapiters and their fillets with gold ] For ‘chapiters’ we should now say capitals; the ‘fillets’ (see on Exo 27:10) were bands of metal surrounding the pillars just below the chapiters. In Exo 26:37 the chapiters and fillets are not mentioned; and the five acacia-wood pillars are to be entirely overlaid with gold. As Di. points out, by the partial gilding a gradation would be obtained: ( a) the pillars at the entrance to the Most Holy place overlaid entirely with gold ( v. 36, Exo 26:32); ( b) the pillars at the entrance to the Tent overlaid only at the top with gold (Exo 36:38); ( c) the pillars at the entrance to the Court (like those of the Court generally, Exo 27:17, Exo 38:17) overlaid only at the top with silver (Exo 38:19).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 38. The five pillars of it with their hooks] Their capitals. See Clarke on Ex 26:32, c.
THERE is scarcely any thing particular in this chapter that has not been touched on before both it and the following to the end of the book being in general a repetition of what we have already met in detail in the preceding chapters from chap. xxv. to xxxi. inclusive, and to those the reader is requested to refer. God had before commanded this work to be done, and it was necessary to record the execution of it to show that all was done according to the pattern shown to Moses; without this detailed account we should not have known whether the work had ever been executed according to the directions given.
At the commencement of this chapter the reader will observe that I have advanced the dates A. M. and B.C. one year, without altering the year of the exodus, which at first view may appear an error; the reason is, that the above dates commenced at Tisri, but the years of the exodus are dated from Abib.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Whereas the pillars are said to be overlaid with gold, Exo 36:37, that hence appears to be a syncedochial expression, in regard the tops and knobs of the pillars were wholly overlaid with gold, and the rest of the pillars adorned with divers golden girdles or hoops; for that place is in all reason to be explained by this, as coming after it, and containing the execution of that prescript, and that more particularly than is there expressed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on Ex 36:8]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
REFLECTIONS
My soul! dost thou behold the readiness of the people to bring their offerings unto the Lord, even while approaching God in a tabernacle state: and wilt thou not seek grace to bring all thou hast to his service, since Jesus hath came down and tabernacled in thy nature, to bring thee nigh by his blood and righteousness? Oh! thou precious God and Saviour! the tabernacle of my soul, and my hiding place; may I live in thee, and be built upon thee. Thou art indeed the true tabernacle, the gold that perisheth not, the pearl of great price; be thou to me all I stand in need of, in this tabernacle state, until thou shalt bring me home to thy temple, which is above, where the gates are one pearl, and the street of the city is pure gold: but where infinitely above all these, the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb are the temple of it. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, be thou my God, and my guide, even unto death.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
fillets = cross or connecting rods.
sockets . . . brass. See note on Exo 27:10.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
fillets with gold: Exo 27:10
Reciprocal: Exo 26:32 – pillars of shittim Exo 26:37 – overlay them with gold Exo 35:15 – the hanging Num 3:25 – and the hanging 1Ki 7:16 – General