Doubtless when Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and abode there so long, he saw and heard glorious things, but they were things which were not lawful or possible to utter; and therefore, in the records he kept of the transactions there, he saith nothing to satisfy curiosity, but writes that o... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring me an offering — This offering was to be given willingly, and with the heart. It was not prescribed to them what or how much they must give, but it was left to their generosity, that they might shew their good — will to the house of God, and the offi... [ Continue Reading ]
Blue, and purple, and scarlet — Materials of those colours.... [ Continue Reading ]
Shittim — wood — A kind of wood growing in Egypt and the deserts of Arabia, very durable and precious.... [ Continue Reading ]
A sanctuary — A place of public and solemn worship; that I may dwell among them. Not by my essence, which is everywhere; but by my grace and glorious operations.... [ Continue Reading ]
According to all that I shew thee — God shewed him an exact plan of it in little, which he must conform to in all points. And God did not only shew him the model, but gave him also particular directions how to frame the tabernacle, according to that model, in all the parts of it. When Moses was to d... [ Continue Reading ]
The ark was a chest or coffer, in which the two tables of the law, written with the finger of God, were to be deposited. If the Jewish cubit was, as some learned men compute three inches longer than our half — yard, (twenty one inches in all) this chest or cabinet was about fifty — two inches long,... [ Continue Reading ]
The mercy — seat was the covering of the ark, made exactly to fit the dimensions of it. This propitiatory covering, as it might well be translated, was a type of Christ the great propitiation, whose satisfaction covers our transgressions, and comes between us and the curse we deserve.... [ Continue Reading ]
The cherubim (Cherubim is the plural of Cherub, not Cherubims) were fixed to the mercy — seat, and of a piece with it, and spread their wings over it. It is supposed these were designed to represent the holy angels, (who always attend the Shechinah, or divine majesty,) not by any effigies of an ange... [ Continue Reading ]
This table was to stand not in the holy of holies, (nothing was in that but the ark with its appurtenances) but in the outer part of the tabernacle, called the sanctuary or holy place. This table was to be always furnished with the shew — bread, or bread of faces, twelve loaves, one for each tribe,... [ Continue Reading ]
This candlestick had many branches drawn from the main shaft, which had not only bowls to put the oil and the kindled wick in for necessity, but knops made in the form of a pomegranate and flowers for ornament. The tabernacle had no windows, all its light was candle — light, which notes the comparat... [ Continue Reading ]