The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
These curtain walls, not stone, show the church then was a garden enclosed, confined to one nation but not forever. The enclosure itself would be taken down when the tent moved and made room for the Gentiles, as Isaiah saw. We pass through these courts toward the Holy Place above; the gradual approach teaches us that before we draw near to solemn ordinances, we must wash and prepare ourselves in a separated court with true hearts.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 38:9-20
chapiters--or capitals of the pillars, were wooden posts which ran along their top, to which were attached the hooks for the hangings.
The hooks - and their fillets - The capitals, and the silver bands that went round them; see Clarke's note on Exo 26:32.