Exodus 38:28

With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Moses records the completion of the tabernacle's metalwork, reporting to the Israelites the exact allocation of the collected silver.

The words — The Hebrew וָוִ֖ים (va.Vim) translates literally as "hooks," while עָשָׂ֥ה ('a.Sah) means "he made," specifying the artisan's action of crafting the silver fittings.

The thread — This silver hardware fulfills the earlier command for the courtyard posts found in Exodus 27:17, where silver bands and hooks are explicitly required.

Why it lands — The verse demands precise accounting of sacred materials, requiring the reader to recognize that worship involves exact obedience to structural and financial specifications.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָאֶ֜לֶףha./'E.lefthe/ one thousand וּשְׁבַ֤עu./she.Va'and/ [the] seven הַמֵּאוֹת֙ha./me.'Otthe/ hundred<s>וַחֲמִשָּׁ֣הva./cha.mi.Shahand/ five וְשִׁבְעִ֔יםve./shiv.'Imand/ seventy עָשָׂ֥ה'a.Sahhe made וָוִ֖יםva.Vimhooks לָעַמּוּדִ֑יםla./'a.mu.Dimfor the/ pillars וְצִפָּ֥הve./tzi.Pahand/ he overlaid רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖םra.shei./Hemtops/ their וְחִשַּׁ֥קve./chi.Shakand/ he furnished with bands אֹתָֽם׃'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them

King James Version

And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

Cross-references

Exodus 27:17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.