CHAPTER XXVI _The ten_ curtains _of the tabernacle, and of what composed_, 1. _Their_ length, 2, 3; _their_ loops, 4, 5; _their_ taches, 6. _The_ curtains _of_ goats' hair _for a covering_, 7; _their_ length _and_ breadth, 8. _Coupled with_ loops, 9, 10, _and_ taches, 11. _The remnant of th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:7. _CURTAINS_ OF _GOATS_' HAIR] Stuff made of goats' hair. Exodus 25:4. This was the _second_ covering.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:14. _RAMS' SKINS DYED RED_] Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:5. This was the third covering; and what is called the badgers' skins was the fourth. Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:5. Why there should have been _four_ coverings does not appear. They might have been designed partly for respect; and partl... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:15. _THOU SHALT MAKE BOARDS_] These formed what might be called the walls of the tabernacle, and were made of shittim wood, the _acacia Nilotica_, which Dr. Shaw says grows here in abundance. To have worked the acacia into these _boards_ or _planks_, the Israelites must have had _saw... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:16. _TEN CUBITS_ SHALL BE _THE LENGTH OF A BOARD_] Each of these boards or planks was about _five_ yards and _two_ feet and a half long, and _thirty-two_ inches broad; and as they are said to be _standing up_, this was the HEIGHT of the tabernacle. The length being _thirty_ cubits, _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:29. _THOU SHALT OVERLAY THE BOARDS WITH GOLD_] It is not said how thick the gold was by which these boards, c., were overlaid it was no doubt done with _gold plates_, but these must have been very _thin_, else the boards, c., must have been insupportably heavy. The gold was probably... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:31. _THOU SHALT MAKE A VEIL._]_ _פרכת_ _ parocheth, from פרך _parach_, to _break_ or _rend_; the _inner veil_ of the tabernacle or temple, (2 Chronicles 3:14), _which broke, interrupted_, or _divided_ between the _holy place_ and the _most holy; the Holy Ghost this signifying, that... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:32. _THEIR HOOKS_ SHALL BE OF _GOLD_]_ _וויהם_ _vaveyhem, which we translate _their hooks_, is rendered κεφαλιδες, _capitals_, by the _Septuagint_, and _capita_ by the _Vulgate_. As the word וו _vav_ or _vau_, plural ווים _vavim_, occurs only in this book, Exodus 26:32, Exodus 26:37... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 26:36. _A HANGING FOR THE DOOR OF THE TENT_] This may be called the _first_ veil, as it occupied the door or entrance to the tabernacle; the veil that separated the holy place from the holy of holies is called the _second_ veil, Hebrews 9:3. These two veils and the inner covering of the... [ Continue Reading ]