Two tables of testimony - See Exodus 25:16; Exodus 32:15.
The tables of stone which represented the covenant between Yahweh and His people, and which, when covered with the mercy-seat were to give the sanctuary its significance, are now delivered to Moses in accordance with the promise in Exodus 24:12.
The history of what relates to the construction of the sanctuary is here interrupted, and is taken up again in Exodus 35:1.
Verse Exodus 31:18. _WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF COMMUNING_] When the forty days and forty nights were ended. _TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY_] Exodus 34:1, Exodus 34:1....
CHAPTER 31 THE WORKMEN AND THE SABBATH _ 1. The workmen called (Exodus 31:1)_ 2. The Sabbath law emphasized (Exodus 31:12) 3. Moses receives the tables of stone (Exodus 31:18) The call of the build...
These two Chapter s form an appendix to Exodus 25-29. The golden incense altar finds no place in Exodus 25 or Exodus 26:33 or Leviticus 16 (where the annual rite of Exodus 30:10 is ignored). Instead w...
TWO TABLES. These _first_ tables were "the work of God" (Exodus 32:16; Exodus 24:12). STONE. Singular. The _second_ tables were hewn by Moses (Exodus 34:1, and stones in plural) Both written by God. w...
TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY— So named for the reason given, ch. Exodus 25:21. These tables were of _stone;_ and it was usual, in the most ancient times, to engrave laws on tables of marble, wood, brass, &...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 31 And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, saying, (2) See, I have called by name Be-zal-el the son of U-ri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Ju-dah: (3) and I have filled him w...
_AND HE GAVE UNTO MOSES, WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF COMMUNING WITH HIM UPON MOUNT SINAI, TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY, TABLES OF STONE, WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF GOD._ Tables of stone written with the fi...
THE APPOINTMENT OF BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB. THE KEEPING OF THE SABBATH 2. BY NAME] indicating a very special call: cp. Exodus 33:12; Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 45:1;...
TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY] cp. Exodus 16:34; Exodus 25:16. WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF GOD] see on Exodus 24:12....
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 31 BEZALEL AND OHOLIAB AND THEIR ASSISTANTS – VERSES 1-11 V1 Then...
THE TWO TABLES GIVEN. (18) The termination and crown of the entire conference which Moses had held with God on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights (Exodus 24:18) was the committal to his hands...
וַ יִּתֵּ֣ן אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּ כַלֹּתֹו֙ לְ
CHAPTER XXXI. _ BEZALEEL AND AHOLIAB._ Exodus 31:1. Next after this marking off so sharply of the holy from the profane, this consecration of men to special service, this protection of sacred unguen...
WISE WORKMEN FOR THE TABERNACLE Exodus 31:1 Whenever there is special work to be done God will find and endow the men who are to do it. “I have called,… I have filled,… I have appointed,” etc. There...
It should be borne in mind that in a certain way, these people were necessarily vulgarized by centuries of slavery and almost certainly devoid of that artistic ability which would enable them to const...
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables (i) of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (i) By which he declared his will...
_Testimony, to inform men of their duty. --- Written, not by Moses, or by any man, but by God himself, or by an angel. (Chap. xxxiv. 1.; Galatians iii. 19.) (Calmet)_...
The Lord had promised these tables at the opening of the interview. Exodus 24:12. And now the time approached for Moses to go down to the people, the Lord delivers them. Reader! remark with me, they w...
"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...
18_And he gave unto Moses_. It must be observed, that, after the voice of God had been heard from the midst of the fire, and He had delivered the Ten Commandments, and the form of the tabernacle had b...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 30 AND 31. Having thus established the priesthood, and the relationship of the people with God who dwelt in the midst of them, the intercession of Christ in g...
AND HE GAVE UNTO MOSES, WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF COMMUNING WITH HIM ON MOUNT SINAI,.... After all those laws, orders, and instructions before related, which having done, he ceased to converse with h...
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. Ver. 18. _Written with the finger of...
_He gave unto Moses the two tables of testimony_ After his forty days' stay upon the mount, God dismissed him, giving him the ten articles of the moral law, written upon two tables of stone, to be del...
1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for the worke of the Tabernacle. 12 The obseruation of the Sabbath is againe commanded. 18 Moses receiueth the two Tables. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto...
And He (God ) GAVE UNTO MOSES, WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF COMMUNING WITH HIM UPON MOUNT SINAI, TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY, TABLES OF STONE, WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF GOD. In what manner this engraving w...
CONCERNING THE CELEBRATION OF THE SABBATH...
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...
IV. _The Architects_. Exodus 31:1-11 The summoning of Bezaleel and his assistants, Aholiab and other master-workmen, is at once a definition of sacred art and a recognition of natural artistic talent....
GOD'S CHOICE OF WORKMAN (vs.1-11) God now announced whom He Himself has called to do the work in building the tabernacle, men who could be depended on to fully follow God's instructions. No one was a...
18 The law was written in tables of stone, to show how lasting it is: to denote likewise the hardness of our hearts; one might more easily write on stone, than write any thing good on our corrupt nat...
i.e. The tables of the law, which was the witness of God's will and Israel's duty. See EXODUS 16:34. TABLES OF STONE; whereby was signified both the durable and perpetual obligation of the moral law,...
The opening of this brief chapter records the divine call and the divine qualification of "Bezaleel and Aholiab" to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, s...
Exodus 31:18 end H3615 (H8763) speaking H1696 (H8763) Mount H2022 Sinai H5514 gave H5414 (H8799) Moses...
THE FINAL ACT ON THE MOUNT; THE GIVING OF THE COVENANT WRITTEN BY GOD (EXODUS 31:18). Exodus 31:18 ‘And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tables...
TABLES OF STONE (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 20:4). _...
CONTENTS: The tabernacle and its workmen. Sabbath made a sign between God and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Bezaleel, Aholiab. CONCLUSION: When God gives a commission, He will, in some measure giv...
Exodus 31:3. _I have filled him with the Spirit of God._ How just to ascribe the glory to God for the powers of genius, seeing he has assuredly disposed the minds of men to the arts and sciences, as m...
_Written with the finger of God._ GOD’S WRITING It is said of these tables that they “were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.” Some infidels have carped...
EXODUS 31:18 Moses Receives the Tablets. The Lord gives Moses the TABLETS OF THE TESTIMONY (the Ten Commandments), for which he had called him up to the mountain (Exodus 24:12)....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 31:14. Ye shall keep the Sabbath = Ushemartem eth hashahabbath]. The verb _shamar_ = to keep, implies the idea of guarding, watching over with tenderness and fidelity. (Comp. P...
EXPOSITION THE TABLES OF TESTIMONY. It had been assumed, in the directions given for the construction of the ark, that God would give, in some material form, a document to be called "the testimony," w...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and understanding...
gave Exodus 24:12 Exodus 24:18 Exodus 32:15 Exodus 32:16 Exodus 34:1...
These tables of stone, were not prepared by Moses, but probably by the ministry of angels. They were written with the finger of God — That is, by his will and power immediately, without the use of any...
Does God have fingers? PROBLEM: This verse says that the Ten Commandments were “written with the finger of God.” But, elsewhere the Bible insists that “God is spirit” (John 4:24) and that spirits do...