Exodus 26:32

_AND THOU SHALT MAKE A VAIL OF BLUE, AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET, AND FINE TWINED LINEN OF CUNNING WORK: WITH CHERUBIMS SHALL IT BE MADE:_ A veil ... This veil, which was embroidered in the same way as the inner covering on the roof of the tabernacle, was suspended on four pillars of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, placed two cubits and a half distant from the other; and they stood on sockets of silver, instead of sockets of brass. It formed a division of the tabernacle into the holy and the most holy place-the former containing three notable objects-namely, the candlestick and the table on the north side of the altar of incense; while the latter was distinguished by possessing the ark, the mercy-seat, and cherubim....

31-37 A vail, or curtain, separated the holy place from the most holy place. It was hung upon pillars. This vail was for a partition between the holy place and the most holy; which forbade any to look into the holiest of all. The apostle tells what was the meaning of this vail, Hebrews 9:8. That the ceremonial law could not make the comers thereunto perfect, nor would the observance of it bring men to heaven; the way into the holiest of all was not made manifest, while the first tabernacle was standing. Life and immortality lay hidden till they were brought to light by the gospel; which was signified by the rending of this vail at the death of Christ, Matthew 27:51. We have now boldness to enter into the holiest, in all acts of worship, by the blood of Jesus; yet such as obliges us to holy reverence. Another vail w...

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; Exodus 27:10-2, Exodus 27:17; Exodus 36:36,...

(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....

AND THOU SHALT HANG IT UPON FOUR PILLARS OF SHITTIM WOOD, OVERLAID WITH GOLD,.... For it was ten cubits long, and as many broad; and being of such a stiffness and thickness as it was, required so many pillars to support it: these pillars may signify the deity of Christ, which is the support of his human nature, and in which it has its personal subsistence, and gives all its actions and sufferings virtue and efficacy; and being of "shittim wood", which is incorruptible, may denote his eternity, and being covered with gold, his glory: THEIR HOOKS SHALL BE OF GOLD; which were upon the tops of the pillars on which the vail was hung: and the pillars were UPON THE FOUR SOCKETS OF SILVER; which were properly the pedestals or feet of the pillars; and these sockets, into which the pillars were let and placed, and the hooks the vail hung by, may hint to the union of the two natures in Christ, wh...

SHITTIM That is, acacia....

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 ...

The _veil_, to separate the Holy place from the Holy of holies, made of the same richly coloured tapestry, with figures of cherubim woven into it (the -work of the designer"), as the curtain (_v._1), and suspended on four gilt pillars of acacia wood, _vv._31 33 (cf. Exodus 36:35-36). The position of the ark, the table of the Presence-bread, and he candlestick, _vv._34 5 (cf. Exodus 40:20; Exodus 40:22; Exodus 40:24)....