_AND OF THE BLUE, AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET, THEY MADE CLOTHS OF SERVICE, TO DO SERVICE IN THE HOLY PLACE, AND MADE THE HOLY GARMENTS FOR AARON; AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ Cloths of service - official robes. The ephod of the high priest, the robe of the ephod, the girdle of needlework, and the bro... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE THE EPHOD OF GOLD, BLUE, AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET, AND FINE TWINED LINEN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY DID BEAT THE GOLD INTO THIN PLATES, AND CUT IT INTO WIRES, TO WORK IT IN THE BLUE, AND IN THE PURPLE, AND IN THE SCARLET, AND IN THE FINE LINEN, WITH CUNNING WORK._ Gold ... cut it into wires, to work it - i:e., the metal was beaten with a hammer into thin plates, cut with scissors or som... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY MADE SHOULDERPIECES FOR IT, TO COUPLE IT TOGETHER: BY THE TWO EDGES WAS IT COUPLED TOGETHER._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY MADE THE PLATE OF THE HOLY CROWN OF PURE GOLD, AND WROTE UPON IT A WRITING, LIKE TO THE ENGRAVINGS OF A SIGNET, HOLINESS TO THE LORD._ A writing, like to the engravings of a signet. The seal-ring worn both by ancient and modern Egyptians on the little finger of the right hand contained, i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TIED UNTO IT A LACE OF BLUE, TO FASTEN IT ON HIGH UPON THE MITRE; AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE COVERING OF RAMS' SKINS DYED RED, AND THE COVERING OF BADGERS' SKINS, AND THE VAIL OF THE COVERING,_ The covering of rams' skins dyed red - (see Exodus 25:5). It was probably red morocco leather; and "badgers' skins" - rather, the skins of the tahash, supposed to be the dugong, or dolphin... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONY, AND THE STAVES THEREOF, AND THE MERCY SEAT,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES DID LOOK UPON ALL THE WORK, AND, BEHOLD, THEY HAD DONE IT AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED, EVEN SO HAD THEY DONE IT: AND MOSES BLESSED THEM._ Moses did look upon all the work - a formal inspection was made on the completion of the tabernacle, not only with a view to have the work transferred f... [ Continue Reading ]