_A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491._ In this chapter, (1,) _ Orders are given for setting up the tabernacle, and fixing all the appurtenances of it, Exodus 40:1, and the consecrating of it, Exodus 40:8, and of the priests, Exodus 40:12._ (2,) _ Care taken to do all this, and as it was appointed to be done, Ex... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt set up the tabernacle_ The time for doing this was, _On the first day of the first month_ This wanted but fourteen days of a year since they came out of Egypt. Probably the work was made ready just at the end of the year, so that the appointing this day gave no delay. In Hezekiah's time... [ Continue Reading ]
_Their anointing shall be an everlasting priesthood_ A seal that their priesthood shall continue as long as the Jewish polity lasts. He signifies that this unction should be sufficient for all succeeding priests. None were afterward anointed but the high-priests.... [ Continue Reading ]
So _Moses finished the work_ As when God had finished this earth, which he designed for man's habitation, he made man, and put him in possession of it; so when Moses had finished the tabernacle, which was designed for God's dwelling-place among men, God came and took possession of it. By these visib... [ Continue Reading ]