Exodus 40:2
_Month of the second year, ver. 15. The first day of every month was kept with some degree of solemnity, though it was not a day of rest. (Numbers xxxiii. 11.; 1 Kings xx. 5.; &c.) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Month of the second year, ver. 15. The first day of every month was kept with some degree of solemnity, though it was not a day of rest. (Numbers xxxiii. 11.; 1 Kings xx. 5.; &c.) (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Priesthood. Hebrew, "And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may serve me in the priest's office: (14) and thou shalt bring his sons, and put on them their tunics; (15) and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may pe... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cover of purple, goat skins, &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Testimony, or tables of the law. The pagans enclosed various symbolical figures, cakes, &c., in their mystic arks. (Clement of Alexandria) But how different were they from the sacred records of religion! (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Roof, covering both the holy of holies and the sanctuary. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Laver. This is a repetition of ver. 7, (Calmet) shewing that the command was fulfilled. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Glory. The cloud which had rested over the tent, appointed for prayer, came now to the grand tabernacle, in the midst of the camp. (Calmet) --- By its superior lustre, it signified that the glory of God was there. (St. Augustine, q. 173.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Moses, out of respect, abstained from entering that day. (Calmet) --- The cloud of legal observances, though designed to prefigure Christ and the gospel, seems however to hinder the Jews from recognizing them. (St. Augustine) (Tirinus)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_A fire. The same cloud overshadowed the camp by day, and enlightened it by night. (Chaldean; Chap. xiii. 22.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
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