Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Exodus 25:38
And the tongs thereof, the snuffers, and the snulf-dishes thereof, the shears, or pincers, for trimming the wicks, or the small dishes for holding the trimmings, shall be of pure gold.
And the tongs thereof, the snuffers, and the snulf-dishes thereof, the shears, or pincers, for trimming the wicks, or the small dishes for holding the trimmings, shall be of pure gold.
Exodus 25:31 A CANDLESTICK OF PURE GOLD - (Compare Exodus 37:17.) A lampstand rather than a candlestick. Its purpose was to support seven oil-lamps. Its height appears to have been about three feet, a...
3. THE TABERNACLE AND THE PRIESTHOOD CHAPTER 25 The Tabernacle _ 1. The freewill offering and the materials (Exodus 25:1)_ 2. The ark (Exodus 25:10) 3. The table of showbread (Exodus 25:23) 4.
EXODUS 25:31 P. THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (or LAMPSTAND, _ cf. Exodus 37:17_ and Exodus 25:24). This was of massive gold, weighing 96 lbs., with its vessels ...
TONGS. snuffers (but no extinguishers)....
_tongs_ so Exodus 37:23, Num 4:9, 1 Kings 7:49 b (=2 Chronicles 4:21 a), Isaiah 6:6 †. In...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 25 AND JE-HO-VAH SPAKE UNTO MO-SES, SAYING, (2) SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL, THAT THEY TAKE FOR ME AN OFFERING: OF EVERY MAN WHOSE HEART MAKETH HIM WILLING YE SH...
_AND THE TONGS THEREOF, AND THE SNUFFDISHES THEREOF, SHALL BE OF PURE GOLD._ And the tongs thereof, х_ UWMALQAACHEYHAA_ (H4457)] - sometimes large tongs for a fire (cf. Isaiah 6:6); but here small to...
25:38 snuff-trays (e-7) Or 'extinguishers.'...
THE VESSELS OF THE SANCTUARY Chapter s 25-31 are taken up with prescriptions regarding the Construction of a Tabernacle, i.e. a tent, to form the visible dwelling-place of Jehovah in the midst of His...
The tongs are the snuffers; the snuffdishes are for receiving and removing the pieces of charred wick....
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 25 Chapter s 25:1 – 31:17 contain details about how the *Israelites...
THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK. (31-39) The golden candlestick, like the table of shewbread, was represented on the Arch of Titus, and the careful copy made under the direction of Reland in 1710, and publishe...
TONGS... SNUFFDISHES. — “Tongs,” or pincers, were required for trimming the wicks of the lamps, and removing loose portions; “snuffdishes” for receiving the fragments thus removed....
וּ מַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ וּ מַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ זָהָ֥ב טָהֹֽור׃...
CHAPTER XXV. _ THE SHRINE AND ITS FURNITURE._ Exodus 25:1 The first direction given to Moses on the mountain is to prepare for the making of a tabernacle wherein God may dwell with man. For this he...
THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD AND THE LAMPSTAND Exodus 25:23 The Table of the Showbread, or Presence-bread, held the twelve loaves, which represented the tribes of Israel. It was three feet long, one foot,...
Here we begin consideration of the transactions of the forty days. Moses received instruction concerning a place of worship for the nation. It is important that we attempt to understand what this mean...
Put out, with the oil, &c. Nothing was to be treated with disrespect that had been dedicated to God's service. (Haydock) --- Alexander adorned the temple of Apollo with a grand candlestick, resembling...
All this furniture, so splendid and magnificent as it was, had no doubt a spiritual signification; but, as the apostle observes of these things, we cannot now speak particularly. Hebrews 9:5. The tabe...
"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 24 AND 25. This covenant, made on condition of the obedience of the people, was confirmed by blood [1] (chap. 24.) The blood being shed, death having thus co...
Ver. 38 AND THE TONGS THEREOF,.... Which, according to Jarchi, was a sort of forks with which they took the wicks out of the oil, and put them in the lamps; or, as some think, the snuffers, but they a...
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, [shall be of] pure gold. Ver. 38. _And the tongs._] All of gold; betokening the purity of doctrine and discipline in the Church....
[FREE OFFERINGS.] 1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the Tabernacle. 10 The forme of the Arke. 17 The Mercy-seat, with the Cherubims. 23 The table, with the furniture thereof. 31...
I. Prerequisites: the materials; the assessments. Exodus 25:1-9 As the real temple of God must consist in believing hearts which offer themselves and build themselves into a temple of the Spirit of Go...
H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...
WILLING OFFERINGS FOR GOD'S SANCTUARY (vs.1-9) The law has been declared to Israel, with its stern ordinances and regulations. Now the Lord instructs Moses in a matter that is in striking contrast t...
31-40 The candlestick represents the light of God's word and Spirit, in and through Christ Jesus, afforded in this dark world to his believing people, to direct their worship and obedience, and to af...
No text from Poole on this verse....
This chapter forms the commencement of one of the richest veins in Inspiration's exhaustless mine a vein in which every stroke of the mattock brings to light untold wealth. We know the mattock with wh...
Exodus 25:38 wick-trimmers H4457 trays H4289 pure H2889 gold H2091 the tongs - 2 Chronicles 4:21;...
THE GOLDEN LAMPSTAND (EXODUS 25:31). The making of this may be analysed as follows: a The lampstand to be made of beaten work of pure gold: its base, its shaft its cups, its buds and its flowers, al...
CONTENTS: Moses in the mount; first directions concerning the tabernacle. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The only way for God and man to meet is in the precise way and place which He has appoint...
Exodus 25:2. _That they bring me an offering._ We now enter on the tabernacle, a hallowed work, a figure of the church, and emblem of the heavenly glory. This mystical temple was not new: it had exist...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 25:31 The LAMPSTAND (see Exodus 37:17) provides light within the tabernacle. The priests will be instructed to keep it burning regularly (see...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 25:31_ THE CANDLESTICK Christ is the “light of the world,” and His Church is the lamp-holder, the light-bearer. What does the candlestick teach in respect...
EXPOSITION THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (Exodus 25:31-2). Though the holy of holies was always dark, unless when lighted by. the glory of God (Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35)
Now it is interesting as God gives to him the design, He starts not with the tabernacle itself but with the furnishings within the tabernacle. So in chapter twenty-five, we begin with the materials th...
the tongs 2 Chronicles 4:21 Isaiah 6:6 snuff dishes Exodus 37:23 Numbers 4:9...