Exodus 27:19

“All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, etc.] Which either refers to the vessels belonging to the altar of burnt offering, and so is a repetition of what is said, (<022703>Exodus 27:3) or rather to instruments that were used at the setting up and taking down of the tabernacle; such as hammers and the like, to drive the staves into the rings, and knock out the pillars from their sockets, etc., as Jarchi and Ben Gersom observe; for otherwise the vessels used in the sanctuary were of gold or silver, or covered therewith, and not of brass, as these are afterwards said to be: and all the pins thereof; what these were is not easy to say; for there was nothing made of brass in…”

“pins--were designed to hold down the curtains at the bottom, lest the wind should waft them aside.”

“The court of the tabernacle - (Compare Exodus 38:9-20) Exodus 27:9 The south side southward - The south side on the right. See Exodus 26:18. Exodus 27:10 Sockets - Bases. See Exodus 26:19. Fillets - Rather, Connecting rods; curtain-rods of silver connecting the heads of the pillars. The hangings were attached to the pillars by the silver hooks; but the length of the space between the pillars would render it most probable that they were also in some way fastened to these rods. Exodus 27:13 The east side eastward - On the front side eastward. Exodus 27:16 An hanging - An entrance curtain, which, unlike the hangings at the sides and back of the court, could be drawn up, or aside, at pleasure.…”

“27:19 The use of tent pegs suggests that the courtyard posts were not freestanding but were stabilized with guy wires.”

“all the pins thereof: Exo 27:3, Exo 35:18, Exo 38:20, Exo 38:31, Exo 39:40; Num 3:37, Num 4:32; Ezr 9:8; Ecc 12:11; Isa 22:23-25, Isa 33:20; Zac 10:4 Exodus 27:20”

“"All the vessels of the dwelling in all the work thereof (i.e., all the tools needed for the tabernacle), and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, (shall be of) brass or copper." The vessels of the dwelling are not the things required for the performance of worship, but the tools used in setting up the tabernacle and taking it down again. If we inquire still further into the design and meaning of the court, the erection of a court surrounding the dwelling on all four sides is to be traced to the same circumstance as that which rendered it necessary to divide the dwelling itself into two parts, viz., to the fact, that on account of the unholiness of the nation, it could not come…”