And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
Gold came freely, silver by tax; both ways serve God's house if done without partiality. The workers were faithful, the people liberal, and their example in giving and honest dealing ought to move us yet. The foundation itself was silver, a fit emblem that the Lord's work rests on what is weighed, measured, and accounted for.
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Commenting on Exodus 38:21-31
And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,.... Which were five; see Exo 26:37. and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar; which were all made of brass; see Exo 27:2.
The census counted six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty males at half a shekel each, yielding exactly one hundred talents and seventeen hundred seventy five shekels, proof itself that a talent holds three thousand shekels. One talent cast each socket; the remainder bought hooks, capitals, and the silver rods binding the pillars of the court.
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Commenting on Exodus 38:25-28