And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits. Ver. 1. _Five cubits long._] Solomon's altar was four times as large as this: to teach that as our peace and prosperity is more tha... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. Ver. 2. _Horns of it._] To bind the beasts unto, that were to be slain in sacrifice. Psa 118:27 And to signify the power of Christ's priesthood. Hab 3:4 _ Thou s... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make [of] brass. Ver. 3. _His shovels, and his basons._] These several instruments figured the ministry of the word, say some; the sundry call... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network [of] brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. Ver. 4. _A grate._] Which served for a hearth, and represented Christ bearing the fire of his Father's displeasure.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. Ver. 7. _And the staves shall be._] As ever ready to remove. Here we have no assured settlement.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: Ver. 9. _The court of the tabernacle._] This outer court signified the visible Church, where hypocrites also come to t... [ Continue Reading ]
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [shall be of] silver. Ver. 10. _And the twenty pillars._] In allusion whereunto, the Church is called the "pillar and stay of truth." 1Ti 3:15... [ Continue Reading ]
All the pillars round about the court [shall be] filleted with silver; their hooks [shall be of] silver, and their sockets [of] brass. Ver. 17. _Their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass._] The nearer things were unto God the more precious they were: and _e contra._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always._ Ver. 20. _Pure oil olive._] Signifying the precious gifts and graces of the Spirit in godly ministers, whose lips must both preserve knowledge, and present it... [ Continue Reading ]