Exodus 25:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake unto Moses._] Gave him the ceremonial law also - as before he had done the moral and judicial - which was their gospel.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake unto Moses._] Gave him the ceremonial law also - as before he had done the moral and judicial - which was their gospel.... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. Ver. 2. _That giveth it willingly._] _Virtus nolentium nulla est; _ God strains upon no man. If ye consent and obey, &c. If there be a willing mind, God... [ Continue Reading ]
_And this [is] the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,_ Ver. 3. _Gold, and silver, and brass._] No mention of iron. Compare 1Ki 6:7; 1 Kings 8:51 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], Ver. 4. _And blue, and purple, and scarlet,_] i.e., Wool dyed with these colours; Heb 9:19 to teach the Church that both themselves and their actions should be washed and dyed in the blood of Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, Ver. 5. _Shittim wood._] A kind of cedar that rotteth not.... [ Continue Reading ]
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, Ver. 6. _Spices._] As cinnamon; which in Galen's time was very rare, and hard to be found but in princes' storehouses. _a_ a Antidit. Gal., lib. i.... [ Continue Reading ]
Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. Ver. 7. _In the ephod, and in the breastplate._] Of which see afterwards in Exodus 28:1,43 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. Ver. 8. _That I may dwell among them._] "But will God in very deed dwell with men upon earth?" 2Ch 6:18 What can he do more to make them happy? As he in Plutarch said of the Scythians, that although they had no music nor vines among the... [ Continue Reading ]
According to all that I shew thee, [after] the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make [it]. Ver. 9. _According to all that I show thee._] Nothing was left to man's invention. Here then is no footing for the Popish pomp.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. Ver. 10. _An ark._] Chest, or cabinet, wherein to keep the two tables of the law, signifying thereby that "Christ... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. Ver. 11. _A crown of gold._] To set forth the majesty of Christ's kingdom, or the eternity of his deity; which, as a crown or circle, had neither beginning nor end... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in the four corners thereof; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. Ver. 12, 13. _And thou shalt cast four rings, &c._] These staff rings were to continue upon the ark; the Kohathites' shou... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. Ver. 13 _See Trapp on "_ Exo 25:12 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. Ver. 14. _That the ark may be borne with them._] The ark was transportative till settled in Solomon's temple; so, till we come to heaven, shall we be in a continual motion.... [ Continue Reading ]
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. Ver. 15. _The staves shall be, &c._] That they might not touch it; for reverence' sake, it being a visible sign of God himself among them.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. Ver. 16. _The testimony._] Those tables of the testimony, Exo 31:18 that testified what God required of them, and would be a testimony against them if disobedient. Deu 31:26... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make a mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. Ver. 17. _A mercy seat._] Heb., A covering; or covering up of men's sins; the appeasing of an angry God, _compare _ Gen 32:20 by Christ who is our propit... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make two cherubims [of] gold, [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. Ver. 18. _And thou shalt make two cherubims._] Golden winged images, made by God's special appointment, and set out of sight. Hence then is no warrant for the use of images in chur... [ Continue Reading ]
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: [even] of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. Ver. 19. _Even of the mercy seat._] Of the matter of it: to show that the very angels have their establishment in and by Christ: and that, if they... [ Continue Reading ]
And the cherubims shall stretch forth [their] wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces [shall look] one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. Ver. 20. _Toward the mercy seat shall the faces, &c._] Angels in the Syriac are called אפנים... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. Ver. 21. _Above upon the ark._] The ark covering the law within it, the mercy seat upon it, and over them two cherubims covering one another, did typify Christ covering the curs... [ Continue Reading ]
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. Ver. 22. _From between the two cherubims._] Which cov... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. Ver. 23. _Of shittim wood._] Which corrupteth not. Isa 41:19 Christ's hody could not putrify in the grave.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. Ver. 24. _Pure gold._] Pointing to the glory of Christ's deity, and the majesty of his kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. Ver. 25. _A golden crown._] To hide the joints, and for ornament. Christ also is said to have many crowns. Rev 19:12... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on the four feet thereof. Ver. 26. _Four rings of gold._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 25:12 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. Ver. 27. _Over against the border,_] i.e., Close under it, for more convenient carriage.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. Ver. 28. _Of shittim wood._] See Exodus 25:23. A wood much commended for lightness, firmness, fairness, and lastingness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them. Ver. 29. _The dishes thereof, &c._] Haply to hold the loaves and frankincense. _ Spoons._] To put the frankincense into those dishes. _ Covers a... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. Ver. 30. _Show bread._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 12:4 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. Ver. 31. _And thou shalt make a candlestick._] Called the candlestick of light. Exo 35:14 A type of Christ who... [ Continue Reading ]
And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: Ver. 32. _And six branches shall come out of the sides._] Denoting the ministers both of the law and gospel; those "lights of the w... [ Continue Reading ]
Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. Ver. 33. _Three bowls made like unto almonds, &c._] Signifying the several endowm... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers. Ver. 34. _And in the candlestick,_] i.e., In the shaft of the candlestick. See Exodus 25:33 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. Ver. 37. _Seven lamps._] Signifying the manifold graces and diversity of gifts in the Church. Zec 4:2... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 25:39 [Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. Ver. 39. _Of a talent of pure gold,_] i.e., Of a hundred and twenty pounds' weight.... [ Continue Reading ]
And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount. Ver. 40. _After their pattern, &c._] The like also was afterwards given in writing, for the building of the temple. 1Ch 28:19 Heb 8:5... [ Continue Reading ]