_A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491._ Bezaleel and his workmen are still busy, making, (1,) _ The ark with the mercy-seat and the cherubim, Exodus 37:1._ (2,) _ The table with its vessels, Exodus 37:10._ (3,) _ The candlestick with its appurtenances, Exodus 37:17._ (4,) _ The golden altar for incense, Exodus... [ Continue Reading ]
The house of God being thus finished, the furniture is next made for it. The several articles and ornaments of this the people were not admitted to see, but the priests only; and therefore it was requisite that they should be largely described, as they are in this chapter, particularly to them. And... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe how much the dispensation of the gospel exceeds that of the law. Though here was a table furnished, it was only with _show- bread_, bread to be _looked upon_, not to be _fed upon_, while it was on the table, and afterward only by the priest: but to the table Christ has spread, in the new cov... [ Continue Reading ]
This _candlestick_, which was not of wood overlaid with gold, but all _beaten work of pure gold_ only, signified that light of divine revelation with which God's church upon earth (which is his tabernacle among men) hath always been enlightened, being always supplied with fresh oil from Christ the g... [ Continue Reading ]
The incense burned on this altar daily. signified both the prayers of saints and the intercession of Christ, to which is owing the acceptableness of them.... [ Continue Reading ]