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Every Ounce Accounted For
Commentators explain that the 1,775 shekels of silver remaining from the atonement money were not wasted. This silver was precisely used to craft hooks for the hangings, overlay the tops of the pillars (capitals), and create decorative bands (fillets) for them. This demonstrates meticulous accounting and the importance of even the smaller details in constructing God's dwelling place.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 38:28
18th Century
Theologian
The hooks, chapiters, and fillets here spoken of belonged to the pillars of the court. See (Exodus 27:10), (Exodus 27:17).<…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 38:28
19th Century
Bishop
Hooks for the pillars. — The pillars of the court had hooks of silver, to which the hangings were attached ([Reference Exodus 27:1…
John Gill
On Exodus 38:28
17th Century
Pastor
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy five [shekels] ,
&c.] Which remained of the sum collected, ([Reference Exo…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 38:21–31
17th Century
Minister
The foundation of solid pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded.
Let us regard the Lor…