Exodus 27:17

27:17 All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands; ¹  their hooks are to be ²  silver, and their bases bronze.

Exodus 36:38

36:38 and its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops ³  and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze. ⁴ 

Exodus 38:19

38:19 with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

Exodus 38:28

38:28 From the remaining 1,775 shekels ⁵  he made hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them.

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¹ tn The text uses the passive participle here: they are to “be filleted with silver” or “bound round” with silver.

² tn Here the phrase “are to be” has been supplied.

³ tn The word is “their heads”; technically it would be “their capitals” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV). The bands were bands of metal surrounding these capitals just beneath them. These are not mentioned in Exod 26:37, and it sounds like the posts are to be covered with gold. But the gradation of metals is what is intended: the posts at the entrance to the Most Holy Place are all of gold; the posts at the entrance to the tent are overlaid with gold at the top; and the posts at the entrance to the courtyard are overlaid with silver at the top (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 387, citing Dillmann without reference).

⁴ sn For a good summary of the differences between the instruction section and the completion section, and the reasons for the changes and the omissions, see B. Jacob, Exodus, 1022-23.

⁵ tn Here the word “shekels” is understood; about 45 pounds.