Exodus 31:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEE, I HAVE CALLED BY NAME BEZALEEL THE SON OF URI, THE SON OF HUR, OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH:_ See I have called. Though the instructions about the tabernacle were privately communicated to Moses, it was plainly impossible that he could superintend the work in person, amid the multiplicity of his oth... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I HAVE FILLED HIM WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD, IN WISDOM, AND IN UNDERSTANDING, AND IN KNOWLEDGE, AND IN ALL MANNER OF WORKMANSHIP,_ I HAVE FILLED HIM WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD. It is probable that he was naturally endowed with a mechanical genius, and had acquired in Egypt great knowledge and skill in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN WITH HIM AHOLIAB, THE SON OF AHISAMACH, OF THE TRIBE OF DAN: AND IN THE HEARTS OF ALL THAT ARE WISE HEARTED I HAVE PUT WISDOM, THAT THEY MAY MAKE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED THEE;_ I have given with him Aholiab. He belonged to the tribe of Dan, one of the least influentia... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY, AND THE MERCY SEAT THAT IS THEREUPON, AND ALL THE FURNITURE OF THE TABERNACLE,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE TABLE AND HIS FURNITURE, AND THE PURE CANDLESTICK WITH ALL HIS FURNITURE, AND THE ALTAR OF INCENSE,_ AND HIS FURNITURE. By an error of transcribers the word х_ KOL_ (H3605)], "all," appears to have been omitted, because of the following х_ KEELIY_ (H3627)] vessels, furniture. The Septuagint... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING WITH ALL HIS FURNITURE, AND THE LAVER AND HIS FOOT,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep. The reason for the fresh inculcation of the fourth commandment at this particular period was, that the great ardour and eagerness with which all classes betook themselves to the construction of the tabernacle exposed them to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE GAVE UNTO MOSES, WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF COMMUNING WITH HIM UPON MOUNT SINAI, TWO TABLES OF TESTIMONY, TABLES OF STONE, WRITTEN WITH THE FINGER OF GOD._ Tables of stone written with the finger of God - containing the Ten Commandments (Exodus 24:12), called "tables of testimony, because G... [ Continue Reading ]