A bekah - Literally, “a half”: the words “half a shekel,” etc. appear to be inserted only for emphasis, to enforce the accuracy to be observed in the payment. See Exodus 30:13. Respecting the capitation and the numbering of the people, see Exodus 30:12.
Verse Exodus 38:26. _A BEKAH FOR EVERY MAN_] The Hebrew word בקי _beka_, from בקי _baka_, to _divide, separate into two_, seems to signify, not a particular coin, but a shekel _broken_ or _cut in two...
CHAPTER 38 The Burnt Offering Altar, the Laver, the Court and the Metals Used _ 1. The altar of burnt offering (Exodus 38:1)_ 2. The laver (Exodus 38:8) 3. The court (Exodus 38:9) 4. The amount of...
EXODUS 38. P S. ALTAR, LAVER, AND COURT. The great altar of burnt-offering is now so distinguished in Exodus 38:1 (in Exodus 27:1 * it is the altar). The laver is briefly mentioned (Exodus 38:8_ a_, c...
_a beḳa-_ Genesis 24:22.† Lit. a _thing cleft_or _halved_. Three beḳa-s have been found recently in Palestine (_Qu. St. of PEF._, 1904, pp. 179, 211, _ZDPV._1906, p. 94), weighing respectively 90.58,...
The _silver_, with particulars of the purposes for which it was used. This amounted to 100 talents and 1775 shekels, i.e. 301,775 shekels (_c._Exo 140,828 oz.), being half a shekel a head, exacted (ac...
Account of the amount of metal employed in the construction of the Tent of Meeting. A -very late addition" to the narrative (Di., in agreement with We. and others): notice (1) in _v._25 f. the census...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 38 And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the heig...
_A BEKAH FOR EVERY MAN, THAT IS, HALF A SHEKEL, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY, FOR EVERY ONE THAT WENT TO BE NUMBERED, FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD, FOR SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THREE THOUSAND...
The number of persons given here is identical with the result of the census taken in the second month of the second year: see Numbers 1:46. This suggests that the computations recorded here were made...
THE HOLY FURNITURE 1-7. The Altar of Burnt Offering: see Exodus 27:1....
EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 38 THE SPECIAL *ALTAR WHERE THE PRIESTS GAVE THE ANIMALS TO THE *LOR...
A BEKAH FOR EVERY MAN. — The word “bekah” means simply _a half,_ but appears to have been restricted in its use to the half-shekel. (Comp. Genesis 24:22.) The exegetical clause, half a shekel,” is pro...
בֶּ֚קַע לַ † גֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַחֲצִ֥ית הַ שֶּׁ֖קֶל...
CHAPTER XXXV. _ THE CONCLUSION._ Exodus 35:1 - Exodus 40:1. The remainder of the narrative sets forth in terms almost identical with the directions already given, the manner in which the Divine inju...
In the history of construction we now pass to the court itself. Here again the furniture was first prepared. The brazen altar led the way as the symbol of absolute devotion to God. This was followed b...
The sum total of the people's offerings is here enumerated. The gold was altogether 29 talents and 730 shekels: about 150 thousand pounds of our money. And the silver was 100 talents, and 1775 shekels...
"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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 35 THROUGH 40. Besides the separation of Israel from the inhabitants of the land wherein they were to dwell, which is found in chapter 34, there is in chapter...
A BEKAH FOR EVERY MAN, [THAT IS], HALF A SHEKEL, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY,.... A half shekel was called a "bekah", from בקע, "bakah", to divide; because it was a shekel divided into two parts...
1 The Altar of burnt offerings. 8 The Lauer of brasse. 9 The Court. 21 The summe of that the people offered. 1 AND [NOTE: Exodus 27:1.] he made the Altar of burnt offring of Shittim wood: fiue cub...
D. THE ARK AND THE MERCY—SEAT, AND THE CHERUBIM Exodus 37:1-9 1And Bezaleel made the ark _of_ shittim [acacia] wood: two cubits and a half _was_ the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth o...
THE ALTAR OP BURNT OFFERING (vs.1-7) This altar was placed outside the tabernacle, being the first object one would meet after entering the court. It was made of acacia wood, covered with copper, th...
EVERY MAN: _ Heb._ a poll...
21-31 The foundation of massy pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded. Let us regard the Lord Jesus Christ while reading of the furniture of the...
No text from Poole on this verse....
These Chapter s contain a recapitulation of the various parts of the tabernacle and its furniture; and inasmuch as, I have already given what I believe to be the import of the more prominent parts, it...
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THE SUM TOTAL OF WHAT WAS USED IN MAKING THE DWELLINGPLACE (EXODUS 38:21). It will be noted that this is now dealt with commencing with the most valuable and going down to the least valuable. The gold...
CONTENTS: Altar of burnt offering, laver, court, gate. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Bezaleel, Aholiab, Ithamar. CONCLUSION: Same as chap. 37. KEY WORD: Work, Exodus 38:1; Exodus 36:1. STRONG VERSES:...
Exodus 38:1. _The altar._ The tabernacle had two celebrated altars, the altar of incense within the sanctuary, and the altar of burnt-offering mentioned here, which was without. The exterior frame was...
EXPOSITION THE SUM OF THE TABERNACLE, OR WEIGHT OF THE METALS EMPLOYED IN IT. Before dismissing the subject of the construction of the tabernacle, Moses places on record the sum of the gold, silver an...
bekah Exodus 30:13 Exodus 30:15 Exodus 30:16 every man. Heb. a poll Numbers 1:46 six hundred...