_AND THOU SHALT MAKE AN ALTAR OF SHITTIM WOOD, FIVE CUBITS LONG, AND FIVE CUBITS BROAD; THE ALTAR SHALL BE FOURSQUARE: AND THE HEIGHT THEREOF SHALL BE THREE CUBITS._ Altar of shittim wood. The dimensions of this altar, which was placed at the entrance of the sanctuary, were nearly three yards squar... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Shovels - fire-shovels for scraping together any of the scattered ashes. BASINS - for receiving the blood of the sacrifice... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT MAKE FOR IT A GRATE OF NETWORK OF BRASS; AND UPON THE NET SHALT THOU MAKE FOUR BRASEN RINGS IN THE FOUR CORNERS THEREOF._ A grate of network of brass - sunk lattice work to support the first four brasen rings-by which the grating might be lifted and taken away, as occasion required,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT PUT IT UNDER THE COMPASS OF THE ALTAR BENEATH, THAT THE NET MAY BE EVEN TO THE MIDST OF THE ALTAR._ Put it - i:e., the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Leviticus 4:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT MAKE STAVES FOR THE ALTAR, STAVES OF SHITTIM WOOD, AND OVERLAY THEM WITH BRASS._ Staves ... rings - those rings were placed at the side through which the poles were inserted on occasions of removal.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOLLOW WITH BOARDS SHALT THOU MAKE IT: AS IT WAS SHEWED THEE IN THE MOUNT, SO SHALL THEY MAKE IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ The court of the tabernacle. The enclosure in which the edifice stood was a rectangular court, extending rather more tha... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Pins - were designed to hold down the curtains at the bottom, lest the wind should waft them aside (Exodus 27:12) х_ PE'AH_ (H6285) _ YAAM_ (H3220), the side o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY BRING THEE PURE OIL OLIVE BEATEN FOR THE LIGHT, TO CAUSE THE LAMP TO BURN ALWAYS._ Oil olive beaten - i:e., such as runs from the olives when bruised, and without the application of fire.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Aaron and his sons - were to take charge... [ Continue Reading ]