_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE DAY THAT MOSES HAD FULLY SET UP THE
TABERNACLE, AND HAD ANOINTED IT, AND SANCTIFIED IT, AND ALL THE
INSTRUMENTS THEREOF, BOTH THE ALTAR AND ALL THE VESSELS THEREOF, AND
HAD ANOINTED THEM, AND SANCTIFIED THEM;_
The day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle. Those who... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, HEADS OF THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS, WHO
WERE THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES, AND WERE OVER THEM THAT WERE NUMBERED,
OFFERED:_
The princes of Israel ... brought their offering before the Lord. The
finishing of the sacred edifice would, it may well be imagined, be
hailed as a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_
The Lord spake ... Take it of them. They exhibited a beautiful
example to all who are great in dignity and in wealth to be foremost
in contributing to the support, and in promoting the interests, of
religion. The strictness of the injunctions Moses had recei... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES TOOK THE WAGONS AND THE OXEN, AND GAVE THEM UNTO THE
LEVITES._
Moses took the wagons and the oxen. The х_ HAA`ªGAALOT_ (H5699)]
word seems to be fairly rendered by the word "wagons." Wheel carriages
of some kind are certainly intended (cf. Genesis 45:19; 1 Samuel 6:7;
2 Samuel 6:3; Isaia... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRINCES OFFERED FOR DEDICATING OF THE ALTAR IN THE DAY THAT
IT WAS ANOINTED, EVEN THE PRINCES OFFERED THEIR OFFERING BEFORE THE
ALTAR._
The princes offered ..., х_ HAMIZBEEACH_ (H4196)]. "Altar" is here
used in the singular for the plural; because it is evident, from the
kind of offerings,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT OFFERED HIS OFFERING THE FIRST DAY WAS NAHSHON THE SON OF
AMMINADAB, OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH:_
And he that offered his offering the first day was Nabshon. Judah
having had the precedence assigned to it, the prince or head of that
tribe was the first admitted to offer as its representativ... [ Continue Reading ]
_ON THE SECOND DAY NETHANEEL THE SON OF ZUAR, PRINCE OF ISSACHAR, DID
OFFER:_
On the second day Nethaneel ... prince of Issachar. This tribe being
stationed on the right side of Judah, offered next through its
representative; then Zebulun, which was on the left side; and so on in
orderly succession... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE OFFERED FOR HIS OFFERING ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF
WAS AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS,
AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR
MINGLED WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ON THE SEVENTH DAY ELISHAMA THE SON OF AMMIHUD, PRINCE OF THE
CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, OFFERED:_
On the seventh day. Surprise has been expressed by some that this work
of presentation was continued on the Sabbath. But assuming that the
seventh day referred to was a Sabbath (which is uncertain), the wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIS OFFERING WAS ONE SILVER CHARGER, THE WEIGHT WHEREOF WAS AN
HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, ONE SILVER BOWL OF SEVENTY SHEKELS, AFTER
THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY; BOTH OF THEM FULL OF FINE FLOUR MINGLED
WITH OIL FOR A MEAT OFFERING:_
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS WAS THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR, IN THE DAY WHEN IT WAS
ANOINTED, BY THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL: TWELVE CHARGERS OF SILVER, TWELVE
SILVER BOWLS, TWELVE SPOONS OF GOLD:_
This was the dedication of the altar. The inspired historian here
sums up the separate items detailed in the preceding narrative,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN MOSES WAS GONE INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION TO
SPEAK WITH HIM, THEN HE HEARD THE VOICE OF ONE SPEAKING UNTO HIM FROM
OFF THE MERCY SEAT THAT WAS UPON THE ARK OF TESTIMONY, FROM BETWEEN
THE TWO CHERUBIMS: AND HE SPAKE UNTO HIM._
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the... [ Continue Reading ]