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Fillets
Heb. hashukum, plur., joinings (Ex. 27:17; 38:17, 28), the rods by which the tops of the columns around the tabernacle court were joined together, and from which the curtains were suspended (Ex. 27:10, 11; 36:38).
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In Jer. 52:21 the rendering of a different word, hut, meaning a “thread,” and designating a measuring-line of 12 cubits in length for the circumference of the copper pillars of Solomon’s temple.
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Verses where Fillets is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Exodus 27:10
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- Exodus 27:11
Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- Exodus 36:38
together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
- Exodus 38:10
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
- Exodus 38:11
The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
- Exodus 38:12
The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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