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d Chap. 34.

28.

Deut. 9. 9.

CHAP. XXIV, XXV. The offerings for the tabernacle.

mount,
thee tables of stone, and a law,
and commandments which I have
written; that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose up, and his
minister Joshua: and Moses went up
into the mount of God.

and be there: and I will give AND the LORD spake unto Moses,

14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

saying,

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take for me.

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: Heb. of every man that giveth it willingly or, with his heart ye shall take my offer-re offer ing.

3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

a Chap. 35. 5.

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and || fine linen, and goats' hair, Or, silk. 5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breast- b Chap. 28. 4. plate.

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

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c Chap. 28.

15.

18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the 10 And they shall make an ark & Chap. 37. 1. mount: and Moses was in the mount of shittim wood: two cubits and a half forty days and forty nights.

CHAP. XXV.

1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy seat, with the cherubims. 23 The table, with the furniture thereof. 31 The candlestick, with the instruments thereof. Chap. XXV. ver. 4. blue, and purple, &c.] These were probably woollen or yarn cloths; not made of silk, which, it is thought, was not discovered in those early times; of fine linen there was a peculiar kind among the Egyptians called Byssus. It is supposed that the Israelites either brought the materials here mentioned with them from Egypt, or else obtained them by trafficking with some neighbouring tribes, and giving in exchange other valuables which they had brought with them. Bp. Patrick.

goats' hair,] Many ancient and modern writers describe the goats of Asia, Phrygia, and Cilicia: their hair is very long, white, bright, and fine, and hangs to the ground; in beauty, it almost equals silk, and it is never sheared, but combed off. The shepherds carefully wash their goats often in the rivers. The women spin the hair, and it is carried to Angora, where it is worked and finely dyed. It affords at this day a great trade at Angora and Aleppo. Calmet.

5. badgers' skins,] There are doubts respecting the meaning of the Hebrew word, translated badgers' skins. The most ancient interpreters think that it does not signify any skin, but a colour. Bp. Patrick, Pyle.

shittim wood,] The shittim wood, of which very frequent mention is made in Scripture, grew in the neighbourhood of mount Sinai, as well as in other places, being exceedingly durable, smooth, and strong. Bp.

Patrick.

St. Jerome says that the shittim wood resembles the

shall be the length thereof, and a cubit
and a half the breadth thereof, and a
cubit and a half the height thereof.

11 And thou shalt overlay it with
pure gold, within and without shalt
thou overlay it, and shalt make upon
it a crown of gold round about.

white thorn; that it is of an admirable beauty, solidity, strength, and smoothness. It is thought he means the Black Acacia, which, they say, is the only tree found in the deserts of Arabia. Calmet. The Acacia being by far the largest and the most common tree of these deserts, (Arabia Petrea,) we have some reason to conjecture that the shittim wood, of which the utensils, &c. of the tabernacle (Exod. xxv.) were made, was the wood of the Acacia. This tree abounds with flowers of a globular figure and of an excellent smell, which may further induce us to take it for the same with the shittah tree, which, in Isa. xli. 19, is joined with the myrtle and other sweetsmelling plants. Dr. Shaw. The Acacia Vera seems to be the only indigenous tree in Upper Egypt. From it proceeds the gum-Arabick, which chiefly comes from Arabia Petrea, where these trees are most numerous : but it is the most common tree of all the deserts from the northernmost part of Arabia to the extremity of Ethiopia. Bruce.

8. - a sanctuary:] A tabernacle or tent, called a sanctuary or holy place, because it was appropriated to God, and because no uncircumcised or unclean person might enter into it without profanation: there God was to dwell or to manifest his presence in a peculiar manner by a cloud or visible glory. Bp. Patrick.

10.-an ark] A chest or coffer. Bp. Patrick. A cubit, according to Bp. Cumberland, was about twentyone inches of our measure. See the Tables.

11.

- a crown of gold round about.] A mixed border

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EXODUS.

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark they shall not be taken from it.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end even || of the mercy seat matter of the shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

Or, of the

mercy seat.

20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from

which went round the top of it. Bp. Patrick. A cornice or rim of massy gold. Pyle.

16.-put into the ark the testimony] The two tables of stone, containing the Ten Commandments, which testified what the will of God was, which the Israelites consented to observe. Hence the ark itself is frequently called the ark of the testimony, chap. xl. 21. Bp. Patrick. 17.- thou shalt make a mercy seat] The lid or covering of the ark was called the mercy seat, or propitiatory, because God here shewed Himself to be propitious, being appeased by the blood of the sacrifices which was sprinkled on this place. Bp. Patrick.

18.- cherubims] These were winged figures: and the circumstance of their being placed in the Holy of Holies, (a type of the highest heaven, Heb. ix. 24,) makes it probable that they represent the angels which stand before God continually, Matt. xviii. 10, ready to do God's will, Heb. i. 14. Bp. Kidder. It is uncertain of what shape they were. Bp. Patrick, Dr. Wells. The Jewish doctors have always represented the cherubim

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between the two cherubims which Before are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in e Numb. 7. commandment unto the children of 89. Israel.

23 ¶ Thou shalt also make a table fchap. 37.10. of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be

borne with them.

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on the holy ark under the shape of winged boys. Archdeacon Sharp. It was between the cherubim, over the lid of the ark, that the glory of the Lord resided. Hence God is said to dwell between the cherubims, Ps. lxxx. 1, and the ark is called his footstool, Ps. xcix. 5. Here He displayed the token of his immediate presence, and hence He delivered out his orders and commands. Pyle. - the dishes bowls] It is thought that in the "dishes" the shewbread was placed. The "spoons," vials or cups as some translate, used in conveying the incense. The "covers," with which the leaves and the incense were covered. The "bowls," for the wine used in the sacrifices. Bp. Patrick, Dr. Wells. "To cover withal," the most probable meaning is, that the above-mentioned utensils were to cover or furnish out the table. Bp. Kidder.

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32 And six branches shall come 3 The five curtains shall be cou- Before pled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:

33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.

34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

37 And thou shalt make the seven Or, cause to lamps thereof: and they shall || light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

ascend.

+ Heb. the face of it.

h Acts 7. 44. Hebr. 8. 5.

+ Heb. which thou wast caused to see.

+ Heb. the

work of a

cunning workman, or, embroiderer.

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Chap. XXVI. ver. 1 — the tabernacle] The Hebrew word properly signifies any habitation or place to dwell in; and here denotes a tent, or dwelling which might be moved from place to place.

This tabernacle had four separate coverings, the ten curtains mentioned in this verse, the curtains of goats'

4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

7¶ And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.

8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

Il And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the || tent || Or, together, that it may be one.

12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle.

covering.

remainder, or,

13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of + Heb. in the that which remaineth in the length of surplusage. the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

hair, ver. 7, and the two coverings mentioned at ver. 14, to preserve and shelter it from the weather. Bp. Patrick.

with cherubims of cunning work] Meaning that figures of cherubims should be curiously wrought on the curtains. Bp. Patrick,

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+ Heb. hands.

+ Heb. twined.

EXODUS.

14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.

15¶And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.

16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two

tenons.

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

and its appurtenances.

midst of the boards shall reach from
end to end.

29 And thou shalt overlay the
boards with gold, and make their
rings of gold for places for the bars:
and thou shalt overlay the bars with
gold.

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30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion a Chap. 25. 9, thereof which was shewed thee in the Acts 7. 44. mount.

31 ¶ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

33 And thou shalt hang up the
vail under the taches, that thou may-
est bring in thither within the vail
the ark of the testimony: and the
vail shall divide unto you between
the holy place and the most holy.
34 And thou shalt put the mercy
21 And their forty sockets of sil-seat upon the ark of the testimony in
ver; two sockets under one board, the most holy place.
and two sockets under another board.
22 And for the sides of the taber-
nacle westward thou shalt make six
boards.

23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two

corners.

35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for

25 And they shall be eight boards,
and their sockets of silver, sixteen
sockets; two sockets under one board,
and two sockets under another board. | them.

26 And thou shalt make bars of
shittim wood; five for the boards of
the one side of the tabernacle,

27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

CHAP. XXVII.

1 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels
thereof. 9 The court of the tabernacle en-
closed with hangings and pillars. 18 The
measure of the court. 20 The oil for the
lamp.

28 And the middle bar in the AND thou shalt make an altar of
shittim wood, five cubits long,

31.- cunning work:] Work ingeniously and curiously wrought this seems to be more curious work needle-work" mentioned ver. 36. Bp. Pa

than the 66 trick.

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into which none but the high priest could enter, and he only once a year, on the great day of expiation. Stackhouse.

Chap. XXVII. ver. 1.— thou shalt make an altar] The altar of burnt offerings, as is explained at Exod. chap. xxxviii. ver. 1.

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