See the marginal reference. The women who assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting were most probably devout women who loved the public service of religion. The giving up of their mirrors for the use of the sanctuary was a fit sacrifice for such women to make (compare Exodus 35:22 note).
Verse Exodus 38:8. _HE MADE THE LAVER_] Exodus 30:18, c. _THE LOOKING-GLASSES_] The word מראת _maroth_, from ראה _raah, he saw_, signifies _reflectors_ or _mirrors_ of any kind. Here _metal_, highly...
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...
LOOKINGGLASSES. mirrors of polished metal. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:18. ASSEMBLING. doing service, or worshipping according to Egyptian practice. By using these for the laver this practice was abolishe...
The Bronze Laver (Exodus 30:18-21). _V._8a as Exodus 30:18 a; _v._8b is new. Exodus 30:18 is not repeated here (see Exodus 40:30-32
_EXODUS 38:1_. The brazen altar for the sacrifices, and the laver for the priests, are next fashioned: both typical of him, who made the one atonement for sin, and whose blood alone can cleanse our so...
OF THE LOOKING-GLASS OF THE WOMEN ASSEMBLING— _Looking-glasses_ or _mirrors_ were anciently, as appears from hence, made of brass. Callimachus, in his hymn to Pallas, observes, (Exodus 38:19 that she...
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...
_AND HE MADE THE LAVER OF BRASS, AND THE FOOT OF IT OF BRASS, OF THE LOOKINGGLASSES OF THE WOMEN ASSEMBLING, WHICH ASSEMBLED AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ The laver of brass ......
The Laver: see Exodus 30:17; Read with RV 'mirrors of the serving women which served at the door of the tent of meeting.' What service these women rendered is not said. They are only mentioned once ag...
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...
(1-9) This passage corresponds to Exodus 38:1 of Exodus 27 in all main particulars, but is somewhat differently worded. The order of the clauses in Exodus 38:4 is changed, and a distinct statement is...
HE MADE THE LAVER OF BRASS. — Comp. Exodus 30:18, where the laver is commanded, and the uses whereto it was to be applied are laid down. By “brass” we must understand “bronze” in this place, as in oth...
וַ יַּ֗עַשׂ אֵ֚ת הַ כִּיֹּ֣ור נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְ
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...
And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the (b) lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. (b) R. Kimbi...
Mirrors. Formerly all sorts of metal, silver, copper, tin, &c., were used for mirrors, till the Europeans began to make them of glass. The best were made of a mixture of copper and tin. (Pliny, [Natur...
Exodus 30:18. Was not the glass, or brazen mirror, of which the laver was made, intended to represent the glass of the gospel? See James 1:23 with James 1:25. May we not, without violence to the expre...
"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...
AND HE MADE THE LAVER OF BRASS, AND THE FOOT OF IT OF BRASS,.... Not of the brass of the offering, for of that were made the brazen altar, its grate and vessels, the sockets of the court and court gat...
_And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation._ Ver. 8. _Looki...
_He made the laver of brass_ The brass _font_ for the priests to wash in before service, Exodus 30:18. This laver signified the provision that is made in the gospel for cleansing our souls from the po...
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...
LOOKINGGLASSES: Or, brasen glasses ASSEMBLING: _ Heb._ assembling by troups...
1-8 In all ages of the church there have been some persons more devoted to God, more constant in their attendance upon his ordinances, and more willing to part even with lawful things, for his sake, t...
LOOKING-GLASSES, as now they are sometimes made of polished steel, so anciently were made of polished brass, as appears both from sacred and from profane writers. See JOB 37:18 PHILIPPIANS 3:9, &c. Th...
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...
Exodus 38:8 made H6213 (H8799) laver H3595 bronze H5178 base H3653 bronze H5178 mirrors H4759 women H6633 ...
THE MAKING OF THE LAVER (EXODUS 38:8). Exodus 38:8 ‘And he made the laver of bronze, and its base of bronze, of the mirrors of the ministering women who gathered at the door of the Tent of Meeting....
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...
_The looking-glasses of the women._ THE LOOKING-GLASS AND THE LAVER Unlike our looking-glasses made of silvered glass, which did not come into use till the thirteenth century, these primitive looking...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 38:1 The pieces described are those in the COURT that surrounds the tabernacle (vv. Exodus 38:9;...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 38:8 The MIRRORS given by the WOMEN were highly polished pieces of bronze. They were probably among the treasures brought out of Egypt during the exodus (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Of the looking-glasses of the women]. The contribution of the looking-glasses for making the laver must have been a greater act of sacrifice to those female donors than at first sight...
EXPOSITION EXODUS 38:1 THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE WORK—THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FURNITURE FOR THE COURT.—
the laver Exodus 30:18 Exodus 40:7 Exodus 40:30 1 Kings 7:23 1 Kings 7
This laver signified the provision that is made in the gospel for cleansing our souls from the pollution of sin by the merit of Christ, that we may be fit to serve the holy God in holy duties. This is...