for the tabernacle. Before CHRIST 1491. ascend. CHRIST 1491. 32 And six branches shall come 3 The five curtains shall be cou- Before out of the sides of it; three branches 33 Three bowls made like unto al- 34 And in the candlestick shall be 35 And there shall be a knop under 36 Their knops and their branches 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. + Heb. the face of it. h Acts 7.44. Hebr. 8. 5. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make Heb. which them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. thou wast caused to see. + Heb. the work of a cunning embroiderer. CHAP. XXVI. 1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 7 The the door. 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 coupled the second. Il And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the || tent || Or, be one. MOREOVER thou shalt make together, that it may the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. workman, or, 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. 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. of Heb. in the surplusage. 13 And a cubit on the one side, remainder, or, 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. The tabernacle Before CHRIST 1491. + 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 29 And thou shalt overlay the a Before CHRIST 1491. 40. 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 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. 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. 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. 28 And the middle bar in the 31.- cunning work:] Work ingeniously and curiously wrought this seems to be more curious work than the "needle-work" mentioned ver. 36. Bp. Pa 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 them. CHAP. XXVII. 1 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels AND thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, Hebr. 8. 5. 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. The altar of burnt offering, Before CHRIST 1491. + Heb. he shewed. and five cubits broad; the altar shall the gate shall be fifteen cubits: be foursquare: and the height thereof their pillars three, and their sockets shall be three cubits. three. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: 10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the 15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 ¶ And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. Before CHRIST 1491. 18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height + Heb. fifty five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp always. by fifty. to burn + Heb. to 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before, the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. CHAP. XXVIII. Aaron and his sons are set apart for the priest's office. 2 Holy garments are appointed. 6 The ephod. 15 The breastplate with twelve precious stones. 30 The Urim and Thummim. 31 The robe of the ephod, with pomegranates and bells. 36 The plate of the mitre. 39 The embroidered coat. 40 The garments for Aaron's sons. ND take thou unto thee Aaron court on the west side shall be hang-Athy brother, and his sons with ings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side of 20.-oil olive beaten] That is, oil not squeezed out by a press or mill, but such as ran freely from the olives when bruised. Bp. Patrick. 21.the vail, which is before the testimony] The vail which was before the "ark of the testimony," him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. ascend up. and which separated the Holy place from the Holy of Holies. Bp. Patrick. Chap. XXVIII. ver. 1. And take thou_unto thee &c.] Here is the first appointment of a regular priesthood; Holy garments are appointed Before CHRIST 1491. || Or, embroidered. EXODUS. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 6 And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 Six of their names on one stone, Aaron and his sons are here selected for that office, and afterwards, chap. xxxii. 29, the whole tribe of Levi are consecrated to the Lord. Bp. Patrick. 2.- holy garments] Called holy because worn by none but priests, and by them only when they ministered: they were intended "for glory and for beauty," that is, to make their office more respected, and to strike beholders with an awful sense of the Divine Majesty, whose ministers they saw appear in such grandeur. Bp. Patrick. Not holy in their own nature, but so called by reason of their distinction and separation from other things of the like nature to higher and more excellent uses. Bp. Beveridge. 3.- all that are wise hearted,] So the Hebrews call those that are endowed with extraordinary skill in any art these persons were filled by God with the spirit of wisdom, that is, endowed in an extraordinary manner with skill for these requisite works. Bp. Patrick. 6.-the ephod] This name is derived from Hebrew word, signifying to tie or gird. The ephod was a kind of girdle, which was brought from behind the back, over the two shoulders; was then put across the stomach, and carried round the waist, so as to form a girdle to the broidered coat, the ends of it hanging for Aaron and his sons. and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. a Before CHRIST 1491. 24. 11 With the work of an engraver a Wisd. 18. in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt Ithou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. it fillings of 17 And thou shalt + set in it set- Heb. fill in tings of stones, even four rows of stone. stones: the first row shall be a || sar- || Or, ruby. dius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. 18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. down before. The "shoulderpieces," ver. 7, were the parts covering the shoulders, and "the girdle," ver. 8, that part which tied round the body, below the heart. Calmet. 12.for stones of memorial] For a sign whereby the children of Israel may know that their memory is presented to God, and that they are had in remembrance of God. Bp. Hall. A memorial both with reference to God, ver. 29, and also to the priest, who was thereby put in mind of the concerns of the people. Bp. Kidder. 15.- breastplate of judgment] It was so called, because the high priest wore it, when he went to consult the Divine Majesty about the great concerns of their religion and government: it was to be made of the same materials and workmanship with the ephod: it was also to be "foursquare" when doubled, ver. 16, that is, the whole piece was to be twice as long as it was broad, so that when doubled it was to form a square of a span on every side. The span was half a cubit, or about ten inches. Bp. Patrick. 17.—a sardius, &c.] There is very little certainty as to the particular kinds of stones mentioned in these verses, the true meaning of the Hebrew words being ill understood. Pyle. |