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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Exodus 25:16

Testimony, the law which testifies the will of God to us. (Menochius) --- An authentic record. Jeremias (xxxii. 11,) uses præceptum in the same sense. (Calmet)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 25:16. _THE TESTIMONY_] The two tables of stone which were not yet given; these tables were called עדת _eduth_, from עד _forward,_ _onward, to bear witness to or of a person or thing_. N...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    (compare Exodus 37:1). The ark is uniformly designated in Exodus the ark of the testimony. Elsewhere it is called the testimony, the ark of the covenant (most frequently in Deuteronomy and the other b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE TABERNACLE AND THE PRIESTHOOD CHAPTER 25 The Tabernacle _ 1. The freewill offering and the materials (Exodus 25:1)_ 2. The ark (Exodus 25:10) 3. The table of showbread (Exodus 25:23) 4.

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 25:10 P. THE ARK (_cf._ Exodus 37:1). Three stages of tradition may be distinguished with regard to the Ark (pp. 105f., 123f.): (_a)_ In JE, and in the earlier historical books, it is the visib...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE TESTIMONY. Hebrew. _'eduth_. witness, from _'ud,_ to bear witness, give testimony. The two tables so called because they bore. witness to, and were evidences of the covenant made, and of its futur...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the testimony_ i.e. _the attestation_, or (cf. the cognate verb in Psalms 50:7 -testify," Jeremiah 11:7 -protest") _affirmation, averment_, viz. of God's will, and man's duty, expressed in the _Decal...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEY SHALL MAKE AN ARK OF SHITTIM-WOOD— The furniture of the most sacred part of the tabernacle, the _Holy of holies,_ the immediate residence of the Divinity, is first appointed. Of this, the _ark_ o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 25 AND JE-HO-VAH SPAKE UNTO MO-SES, SAYING, (2) SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL, THAT THEY TAKE FOR ME AN OFFERING: OF EVERY MAN WHOSE HEART MAKETH HIM WILLING YE SH...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THOU SHALT PUT INTO THE ARK THE TESTIMONY WHICH I SHALL GIVE THEE._ Thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee, х_ HAA`EEDUT_ (H5715)] - that is, the two tables of stone c...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE VESSELS OF THE SANCTUARY Chapter s 25-31 are taken up with prescriptions regarding the Construction of a Tabernacle, i.e. a tent, to form the visible dwelling-place of Jehovah in the midst of His...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TESTIMONY] see on Exodus 16:34....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 25 Chapter s 25:1 – 31:17 contain details about how the *Israelites...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE TESTIMONY WHICH I SHALL GIVE THEE. — The two tables of stone were called “the Testimony” (comp. Exodus 16:34), as being God’s witness against sin (Deuteronomy 31:26). As containing them, the ark w...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נָתַתָּ֖ אֶל ־הָ אָרֹ֑ן אֵ֚ת הָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXV. _ THE SHRINE AND ITS FURNITURE._ Exodus 25:1 The first direction given to Moses on the mountain is to prepare for the making of a tabernacle wherein God may dwell with man. For this he...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE ARK AND THE MERCY-SEAT Exodus 25:10 The Tabernacle was full of symbolical teaching of which the full meaning is unfolded in the Epistle to the Hebrews, where we are distinctly told that the Holy...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we begin consideration of the transactions of the forty days. Moses received instruction concerning a place of worship for the nation. It is important that we attempt to understand what this mean...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And thou shalt put into the ark the (f) testimony which I shall give thee. (f) The stone tables, the rod of Aaron and manna which were a testimony of God's presence....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe, the gospel of Christ is distinguished by this name of a testimony, or witness. Matthew 24:14; Acts 7:44. And in the temple above, the Ark of the Testimony, or Testament, was seen by John, Rev...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony. _The title of “the testimony_, _” which is often given to the law, indicates that something more is contained in it than the rule of a just and holy...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 24 AND 25. This covenant, made on condition of the obedience of the people, was confirmed by blood [1] (chap. 24.) The blood being shed, death having thus co...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THOU SHALL PUT INTO THE ARK THE TESTIMONY THAT I SHALL GIVE THEE. Which was the principal use of it: by the "testimony" is meant the law, written on two tables of stone; so called, because it was...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. Ver. 16. _The testimony._] Those tables of the testimony, Exo 31:18 that testified what God required of them, and would be a tes...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The _ark_ was a chest or coffer, in which the two tables of the law, written by the finger of God, were to be placed. If the Jewish cubit was, as some learned men compute, three inches longer than our...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [FREE OFFERINGS.] 1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the Tabernacle. 10 The forme of the Arke. 17 The Mercy-seat, with the Cherubims. 23 The table, with the furniture thereof. 31...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ARK OF THE TABERNACLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee, the tables of stone on which God intended to write the Ten Commandments, as the words through which He would permanently testify...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    I. Prerequisites: the materials; the assessments. Exodus 25:1-9 As the real temple of God must consist in believing hearts which offer themselves and build themselves into a temple of the Spirit of Go...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    WILLING OFFERINGS FOR GOD'S SANCTUARY (vs.1-9) The law has been declared to Israel, with its stern ordinances and regulations. Now the Lord instructs Moses in a matter that is in striking contrast t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-22 The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them testified his will. This law was a testimony to t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    To wit, the two tables of stone, wherein the decalogue was written, called the TESTIMONY here, and EXODUS 30:6 LEVITICUS 16:13; and more fully _the tables of the testimony_, Exodus 31:18...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This chapter forms the commencement of one of the richest veins in Inspiration's exhaustless mine a vein in which every stroke of the mattock brings to light untold wealth. We know the mattock with wh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 25:16 put H5414 (H8804) ark H727 Testimony H5715 give H5414 (H8799) Exodus 16:34,...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PURPOSE OF THE ARK (EXODUS 25:15). a Into the Ark was to be put the Testimony which Yahweh will give them (Exodus 25:15). b A mercy-seat or place of propitiation was to be made to cover the Ark...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 25:10. _And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Moses in the mount; first directions concerning the tabernacle. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The only way for God and man to meet is in the precise way and place which He has appoint...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 25:2. _That they bring me an offering._ We now enter on the tabernacle, a hallowed work, a figure of the church, and emblem of the heavenly glory. This mystical temple was not new: it had exist...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Make an ark._ THE ARK I. The veil, by which the ark was hidden from view. This veil of the Tabernacle was the same as that which subsequently hung in the Temple, and was rent in twain when our Lord...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 25:10 The ARK (see Exodus 37:1) is God’s throne, from where he will meet and speak with Moses ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS 25:1 Instructions for the Tabernacle. The instructions for the tabernacle (Exodus 25:1) and the description of those instructions being carried out ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 25:10_ THE LAW OF GOD The ark of the covenant, containing the two tables of the testimony, was itself a symbol of its contents. It symbolised— I. THE GRACI...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE PATTERN OF THE ARK.—Moses is first shown, not the pattern of the tabernacle, but the patterns of those things which it was to contain—the ark, the table of shew-bread, and the seven-br...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it is interesting as God gives to him the design, He starts not with the tabernacle itself but with the furnishings within the tabernacle. So in chapter twenty-five, we begin with the materials th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 16:34 Exodus 27:21 Exodus 30:6 Exodus 30:36 Exodus 31:18...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SEEING CHRIST IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT Exodus 25:10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS After God had given commandment unto Moses to build the Tabernacle according to the pattern, which He had shown unto him; He...

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