CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 27:1. An altar of shittim wood.] It was known also by two other names: 1st, as “the brass altar,” so called since it was overlaid with brass; 2d, the “outer altar,” because of its position without the tabernacle in the court, to which all the members of the house of Israel h... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 27:9_ THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE This scene, into which all the members of the house of Israel might enter, reminds us— I. OF THE COMMON NEED. It was the court of the _congregation_. Every member of the house of Israel needed to come here—that is, every... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 27:20_ THE OIL FOR THE LAMPS Consider the provision for the lamps as a service. The children of Israel were to bring oil for these lamps for ever, and the priests were to trim the lamps and keep them brightly burning. Notice:— I. THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPL... [ Continue Reading ]