Exodus 26:1

_MOREOVER THOU SHALT MAKE THE TABERNACLE WITH TEN CURTAINS OF FINE TWINED LINEN, AND BLUE, AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET: WITH CHERUBIMS OF CUNNING WORK SHALT THOU MAKE THEM._ Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains. Leading, as the Israelites did, a wandering life in the Sinaitic wilderness, none but a moveable sanctuary would have suited their circumstances; and accordingly the whole account of the tabernacle conveys an impression that, in form as well as in the materials of which it was constructed, it resembled the tents of nomadic people, only it was distinguished by a superior style of sumptuous decoration, such as fitted it to be х_ HAMISHKAAN_ (H4908)] the dwelling-place of its august inhabitant. In describing the framework of this wonderful tabernacle, the sacred historian naturally assigned the foremost place to the hangings or curtains which are the real characteristics of...

1._Moreover, thou shalt make the tabernacle. _In the whole construction of the tabernacle we must remember what we have already seen, that the Israelites were instructed by external figures how precious a thing is the worship of God, and therefore that they must diligently beware lest it should be polluted by any meanness. For all this richness and magnificence of ornament was the very contrast to meanness. They were also reminded that, if they would be accounted pure worshippers of God, they must avoid all uncleanness, for the tabernacle was the type of the Church. Thus it is certain that by its external ornaments the excellency of spiritual gifts was designated. On this ground Isaiah, discoursing of the perfect glory of the Church as it would be under the reign of Christ, says, "I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires; and I will make thy windows...

1-6 God manifested his presence among the Israelites in a tabernacle or tent, because of their condition in the wilderness. God suits the tokens of his favour, and the gifts of his grace, to his people's state and wants. The curtains of the tabernacle were to be very rich. They were to be embroidered with cherubim, signifying that the angels of God pitch their tents round about the church, Psalms 34:7....

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 the curtains, how to be employed_, 12, 13. _The_ covering _of_ rams' skins, 14. _The_ boards _of the tabernacle for the south side_, 15;...

(Compare Exodus 36:8.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exodus 26:1, more strictly so-called, its tent Exodus 26:7, and its covering Exodus 26:14 (Compare Exodus 35:11; Exodus 39:33; Exodus 40:19, Exodus 40:34;...

EXPOSITION EXODUS 26:1 THE TABERNACLE. The sacred furniture which the tabernacle was to contain having been described, with the exception of the "altar of incense" the description of which is reserved for Exodus 30:1. (Exodus 30:1)-directions were next given for the sacred structure itself. This was to consist of three main things— 1. A quadrangular enclosure thirty cubits long by ten broad, open at one end, and on the other three sides enclosed by boards of acacia-wood overlaid with gold—called the _mishkan_, or "the dwelling-place," in our version usually translated "tabernacle." 2....

MOREOVER, THOU SHALT MAKE THE TABERNACLE,.... Which he was ordered to make before, the pattern of which was shown him in the mount: this was an habitation for God to dwell in, as the word properly signifies, and into which the furniture before described was to be put; this tabernacle was a type both of the human nature of Christ, which is the true tabernacle which God pitched, and not man, the greater and more perfect one, Hebrews 8:2 in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily, where the glory of God is seen, in whom he grants his gracious presence to his people, and accepts of them and their sacrifices of prayer and praise; and also of the church of God, Psalms 43:3. Here Jehovah dwells, grants his presence to his people, and comes and blesses them; here he is worshipped, and spiritual sacrifi

FINE TWINED LINEN Fine linen typifies personal righteousness (Revelation 19:8). The fine linen here typifies the sinless life of Christ. BLUE Blue. Christ's heavenly origin; purple, His royalty as David's son; scarlet, His sacrifice. CHERUBIMS (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 1:5). _...

CHAPTER 26 THE TABERNACLE AND ITS CONSTRUCTION _ 1. The curtains (Exodus 26:1)_ 2. The coverings (Exodus 26:7) 3. The boards (Exodus 26:15) 4. The vail (Exodus 26:31) 5. The hangings for the door (Exodus 26:36) While the tabernacle is a type of the heavenly places (Hebrews 9:23) it is also a type of Christ, who tabernacled among men. The wonderful foreshadowings we find here down to the minutest details is an evidence of in

EXODUS 26. P. THE DWELLING. This chapter deals with the tent, or tabernacle proper, describing in succession the four thicknesses of different materials which were to make its covering (Exodus 26:1. _cf._ Exodus 36:8); the framework that should support them (Exodus 26:15; cf. Exodus 36:20); the inner partition or veil (Exodus 26:31; cf. Exodus 36:35 f.) and the contents of the interior ...