Exodus 30:1
_AND THOU SHALT MAKE AN ALTAR TO BURN INCENSE UPON: OF SHITTIM WOOD SHALT THOU MAKE IT._ Thou shalt make an altar ... Its material was to be like that of the ark of the testimony, but its dimensions very small.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT MAKE AN ALTAR TO BURN INCENSE UPON: OF SHITTIM WOOD SHALT THOU MAKE IT._ Thou shalt make an altar ... Its material was to be like that of the ark of the testimony, but its dimensions very small.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A CUBIT SHALL BE THE LENGTH THEREOF, AND A CUBIT THE BREADTH THEREOF; FOURSQUARE SHALL IT BE: AND TWO CUBITS SHALL BE THE HEIGHT THEREOF: THE HORNS THEREOF SHALL BE OF THE SAME._ Foursquare - the meaning of which is, not that it was to be entirely of a cubical form, but that upon its upper and und... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT OVERLAY IT WITH PURE GOLD, THE TOP THEREOF, AND THE SIDES THEREOF ROUND ABOUT, AND THE HORNS_ _ THEREOF; AND THOU SHALT MAKE UNTO IT A CROWN OF GOLD ROUND ABOUT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT PUT IT BEFORE THE VAIL THAT IS BY THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY, BEFORE THE MERCY SEAT THAT IS OVER THE TESTIMONY, WHERE I WILL MEET WITH THEE._ Thou shalt put it before the veil - which separated the holy from the most holy place. The tabernacle was in the middle, between the table of s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AARON SHALL BURN THEREON SWEET INCENSE EVERY MORNING: WHEN HE DRESSETH THE LAMPS, HE SHALL BURN INCENSE UPON IT._ Sweet incense - literally, incense of spices. Strong aromatic substances were burnt upon this altar, to counteract by their odoriferous fragrance the offensive fumes of the sacrifi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN AARON LIGHTETH THE LAMPS AT EVEN, HE SHALL BURN INCENSE UPON IT, A PERPETUAL INCENSE BEFORE THE LORD THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS._ Aaron ... shall burn incense - seemingly limiting the privilege of officiating at the altar of incense to the high priest alone; and there is no doubt that he... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL OFFER NO STRANGE INCENSE THEREON, NOR BURNT SACRIFICE, NOR MEAT OFFERING; NEITHER SHALL YE POUR DRINK OFFERING THEREON._ Ye shall offer no strange incense - i:e., of a different composition from that of which the ingredients are described so minutely. The perpetual incense which the pries... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AARON SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT UPON THE HORNS OF IT ONCE IN A YEAR WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SIN OFFERING OF ATONEMENTS: ONCE IN THE YEAR SHALL HE MAKE ATONEMENT UPON IT THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS: IT IS MOST HOLY UNTO THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ When thou takest ... Moses did so twice, and doubtless observed the law here prescribed. The tax was not levied from women, minors, old men (Numbers 1:42; Numbers 1:45), and the Levites (Numbers 1:47), they being not numbered. It is evident that this taxing... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT ALSO MAKE A LAVER OF BRASS, AND HIS FOOT ALSO OF BRASS, TO WASH WITHAL: AND THOU SHALT PUT IT BETWEEN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION AND THE ALTAR, AND THOU SHALT PUT WATER THEREIN._ Thou shalt also make a laver of brass. Though not actually forming a component part of the furniture... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL WASH THEIR HANDS AND THEIR FEET THEREAT:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Take thou also ... Oil is frequently mentioned in Scripture as an emblem of sanctification (cf. Zechariah 4:1), and anointing with it a symbolical means of designating objects as well as persons to the service of God. The anointing of the tabernacle the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF CASSIA FIVE HUNDRED SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY, AND OF OIL OLIVE AN HIN:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT SANCTIFY THEM, THAT THEY MAY BE MOST HOLY: WHATSOEVER TOUCHETH THEM SHALL BE HOLY._ Whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. This sanctification or external holiness, which was communicated to all who merely touched these tabernacle vessels which had been anointed with the holy oil,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT ANOINT AARON AND HIS SONS, AND CONSECRATE THEM, THAT THEY MAY MINISTER UNTO ME IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHOSOEVER COMPOUNDETH ANY LIKE IT, OR WHOSOEVER PUTTETH ANY OF IT UPON A STRANGER, SHALL EVEN BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE._ Whosoever compoundeth, х_ 'IYSH_ (H376) _ 'ªSHER_ (H834)], the man who compoundeth [Septuagint, hos han poieesee hoosautoos]. SHALL EVEN BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE. It must b... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, TAKE UNTO THEE SWEET SPICES, STACTE, AND ONYCHA, AND GALBANUM; THESE SWEET SPICES WITH PURE FRANKINCENSE: OF EACH SHALL THERE BE A LIKE WEIGHT:_ Take unto thee sweet spices. These were stacte, the finest myrrh; onycha, supposed to be an odoriferous shell; galbanum, a... [ Continue Reading ]