_AND HE MADE THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING OF SHITTIM WOOD: FIVE CUBITS WAS THE LENGTH THEREOF, AND FIVE CUBITS THE BREADTH THEREOF; IT WAS FOURSQUARE; AND THREE CUBITS THE HEIGHT THEREOF._ THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING. The repetitions are continued, in which may be traced the exact conformity of the e... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE THE HORNS THEREOF ON THE FOUR CORNERS OF IT; THE HORNS THEREOF WERE OF THE SAME: AND HE OVERLAID IT WITH BRASS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE THE LAVER OF BRASS, AND THE FOOT OF IT OF BRASS, OF THE LOOKINGGLASSES OF THE WOMEN ASSEMBLING, WHICH ASSEMBLED AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ The laver of brass ... of the looking-glasses of the women. The word mirrors should have been used-as those implements, us... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE THE COURT: ON THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD THE HANGINGS OF THE COURT WERE OF FINE TWINED LINEN, AN HUNDRED CUBITS:_ The court. It occupied a space of 150 feet by 75, and it was enclosed by curtains of fine linen, about 8 feet high, suspended on brasen or copper pillars. Those curtains were... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BEZALEEL THE SON OF URI, THE SON OF HUR, OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, MADE ALL THAT THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ Bezaleel ... made all that the Lord commanded Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WITH HIM WAS AHOLIAB, SON OF AHISAMACH, OF THE TRIBE OF DAN, AN ENGRAVER, AND A CUNNING WORKMAN, AND AN EMBROIDERER IN BLUE, AND IN PURPLE, AND IN SCARLET, AND FINE LINEN._ And with him was Aholiab. Those master artisans combined various departments of mechanical work, which are now, by the di... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THE GOLD THAT WAS OCCUPIED FOR THE WORK IN ALL THE WORK OF THE HOLY PLACE, EVEN THE GOLD OF THE OFFERING, WAS TWENTY AND NINE TALENTS, AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY._ Twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels - equivalent to 150,000... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SILVER OF THEM THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THE CONGREGATION WAS AN HUNDRED TALENTS, AND A THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREESCORE AND FIFTEEN SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY:_ The silver of them that were numbered. 603,550 men, at half a shekel each, would contribute 301,775 shekels, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_A BEKAH FOR EVERY MAN, THAT IS, HALF A SHEKEL, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY, FOR EVERY ONE THAT WENT TO BE NUMBERED, FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UPWARD, FOR SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THREE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN._ A bekah for every man, х_ BEQA`_ (H1235) _ LAGULGOLET_ (H1538)] -... [ Continue Reading ]