Exodus 25:31-40

All this furniture, so splendid and magnificent as it was, had no doubt a spiritual signification; but, as the apostle observes of these things, we cannot now speak particularly. Hebrews 9:5. The tabernacle itself had no windows; perhaps to denote the darkness of the law dispensation: or rather, if we consider the glory of God in the most holy, it was a type of the tabernacle which is in heaven. Revelation 21:21; Isaiah 60:19. And it is probable, I think, that the candlesticks were meant to represent the illumination of the Holy Ghost in the soul. 2 Corinthians 4:6. Compare Zechariah 4:2 with Revelation 4:5. Observe the precept is again repeated of Moses taking heed to be very particular in forming the whole construction after the pattern given him. In the Old Testament and in the New, this injunction never varies. Deuteronomy 5:32; Revelation 22:18.