Exodus 25:39

_OF A TALENT OF PURE GOLD SHALL HE MAKE IT, WITH ALL THESE VESSELS._ A TALENT OF PURE GOLD - in weight equal to 114 lbs., and in value to 7,013 pound sterling. It must have been a magnificent work of art. (As to its typical import, see the note at Leviticus 24:1.)...

31-40 The candlestick represents the light of God's word and Spirit, in and through Christ Jesus, afforded in this dark world to his believing people, to direct their worship and obedience, and to afford them consolations. The church is still dark, as the tabernacle was, in comparison with what it will be in heaven; but the word of God is a light shining in a dark place, 2 Peter 1:19, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. In ver. Exodus 25:40 is an express caution to Moses. Nothing was left to his own fancy, or to that of the workmen, or the people; but the will of God must be observed in every particular. Christ's instruction to his disciples, Matthew 28:20, is like this, Observe all things whatsoever I have co...

Verse Exodus 25:39. _OF A TALENT OF PURE GOLD SHALL HE MAKE IT, WITH ALL_ _THESE VESSELS._] That is, a talent of gold in weight was used in making the candlestick, and the different vessels and instruments which belonged to it. According to Bishop Cumberland, a talent was _three thousand_ shekels. As the Israelites brought each _half a_ _shekel_, Exodus 38:26, so that _one hundred talents, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five_ _shekels_, were contributed by _six hundred and three thousand five_ _hundred and fifty_ persons; by halving the number of the Israelites, he finds they contributed _three hundred and one_ _thousand seven hundred and seventy-five_ shekels in all. Now, as we find that this number of shekels made one hundre...

Exodus 25:31 A CANDLESTICK OF PURE GOLD - (Compare Exodus 37:17.) A lampstand rather than a candlestick. Its purpose was to support seven oil-lamps. Its height appears to have been about three feet, and its width two feet. The original foot was lost or stolen when the candlestick was taken out of the temple, and the pedestal in the sculpture was added by some Roman artist to set off the trophy. HIS SHAFT, AND HIS BRANCHES, HIS BOWLS, HIS KNOPS, AND HIS FLOWERS - Or, its base, its stem, its flower cups, its knobs, and its lilies. Exodus 25:33 THREE BOWLS MADE LIKE UNTO ALMONDS - Three cups of a

EXPOSITION THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (Exodus 25:31-2). Though the holy of holies was always dark, unless when lighted by. the glory of God (Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35), the holy place, in which many of the priests' functions were to be performed, was to be always kept light. In the day-time sufficient light entered from the porch in front; but, as evening drew on, some artificial illumination was required. In connection with this object, the golden candlestick, or rather lamp-stand, was designed, which, together with its appurtenances, is described in the remainder of the chapter....

OF A TALENT OF PURE GOLD SHALL HE MAKE IT, WITH ALL THESE VESSELS. The common talent weighed sixty pounds, but the sacred talent was double, and weighed one hundred and twenty pounds, as says Jarchi, and so Ben Melech: a talent of gold amounted to 5067 pounds, three shillings and ten pence of our money, according to Bishop Cumberland d. (Assuming a troy weight of 12 ounces to a pound, and an ounce of gold worth $400 U.S., than a talent would be worth about $600,000. Editor.) d Of Scripture Weights and Measures, p. 121....

3. THE TABERNACLE AND THE PRIESTHOOD CHAPTER 25 The Tabernacle _ 1. The freewill offering and the materials (Exodus 25:1)_ 2. The ark (Exodus 25:10) 3. The table of showbread (Exodus 25:23) 4. The golden candlestick (Exodus 25:31) This is another intensely interesting portion of this great book. To give a few annotations and hints on the tabernacle is an extremely difficult task, for there is such a wonderful mine of wealth here that a book of hundreds of pages could not contain all. The tabernacle concerning which the Lord instructed Moses was the earthly place of worship of Israel; i

EXODUS 25:31 P. THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (or LAMPSTAND, _ cf. Exodus 37:17_ and Exodus 25:24). This was of massive gold, weighing 96 lbs., with its vessels (Exodus 25:40), having a base, a central stem, and six branches, all ornamented with bosses shaped like almond flowers, each cup or entire blossom being made up of the outer knop or calyx and the inner flower or corolla, three bosses on each branch and four on the central stem, as well as knops at the three points where the pairs of branches met the stem (Exodus 25:31). The seven lamps were

TALENT. See App-61. shall he. The reading called Sevir (see App-34) reads "shalt thou"; so some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac....

_a talent_ probably (_DB._iv. 903 b, 906 a) 673, 500 grs. = _c._96 lb. avoirdupois, worth, at the present value of gold, _c._£5460....