These Chapter s, which all belong to P, form the sequel to chs. 25 31,
and narrate the execution of the instructions there communicated to
Moses. In the main, the narrative is repeated _verbatim_from the
instructions in chs. 25 31, with the simple substitution of past
tenses for future; in two or th... [ Continue Reading ]
_the altar of burnt offering_ for distinction from the altar of
incense (Exodus 37:25-28). In Exodus 27:1 -the altar" simply. See
introd. to chs. 30 31 (p. 329).... [ Continue Reading ]
(Exodus 27:1-8 a). The altar of burnt offering. In _vv._4, 5 there are
some changes of order: Exodus 27:8 b is not repeated.... [ Continue Reading ]
_overlaid it with_ BRONZE] According to Numbers 16:38-39 (where -a
covering" is properly -an _overlaying_," as here), this was not done
till a later time.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Bronze Laver (Exodus 30:18-21). _V._8a as Exodus 30:18 a; _v._8b
is new. Exodus 30:18 is not repeated here (see Exodus 40:30-32).
8B. _the serving women which served_ The expression is peculiar, the
word used (צבא) being (both times) not the ordinary Heb. for
-serve," but the word which means pr... [ Continue Reading ]
(Exodus 27:9-19). The Court of the Tent of Meeting. In _vv._16 19 the
text (Exodus 27:16-18) is reproduced with greater freedom than usual.... [ Continue Reading ]
_fillets_ i.e. _bands_, or _binding-rings_; see on Exodus 27:10.
12B. _the hooks_, &c. Not in Exodus 27:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_on this hand_… _of the court_ Not in Exodus 27:15; and, as Di.
points out, a misplaced gloss (there is no -so" in the Heb. at the
beginning of the verse): read therefore (for _and_so, &c.), _and for
the other side were hangings of fifteen cubits_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_of fine twined linen_ Cf. Exodus 27:18, towards the end.... [ Continue Reading ]
Expanded from Exodus 27:17.
_the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver_ Sam. _their
hooks of silver_(Exodus 27:17), relieving the tautology with the last
clause of the verse.
_their chapiters_ not mentioned in Exodus 27:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
The _screen_for the gate of the Court. _V._18a=Exodus 27:16 a; _v._18b
(-the height," &c.) inferred from Exodus 27:18 (-answerable to" =
_corresponding to_; cf. in RV. Ezekiel 40:18; Ezekiel 45:7; Ezekiel
48:13; Ezekiel 48:18; and see _DB._s.v. Answer). _V._19a =Exodus 27:16
b; _v._19b _their hooks... [ Continue Reading ]
As Exodus 27:19 b.... [ Continue Reading ]
Superscription. THESE ARE _the reckoning_ S _of_(the metals employed
for) the DWELLING, (even) _the_ DWELLING _of the testimony_(so Numbers
1:50; Numbers 1:53; Numbers 10:11; cf. on Exodus 25:16), WHICH _were_
RECKONED _according to the commandment of Moses_; (being) _the_ WORK
_of the Levites_, UND... [ Continue Reading ]
Account of the amount of metal employed in the construction of the
Tent of Meeting. A -very late addition" to the narrative (Di., in
agreement with We. and others): notice (1) in _v._25 f. the census of
Numbers 1 (_v._46) is presupposed, although according to P (Numbers
1:1 compared with Exodus 40:1... [ Continue Reading ]
The writer, after mentioning what the Levites did (_v._21), reverts to
the more important work done by the two artificers, Bĕẓal"çl and
Oholiab (Exodus 31:2; Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:30; Exodus 35:35).... [ Continue Reading ]
_a_ CRAFTSMAN, _and a_ PATTERN-WEAVER, &c. as Exodus 35:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
The _gold_. This amounted to 29 talents, and 730 shekels, or (as the
talent contained Exo 3000 shekels) 87,730 shekels, i.e. if the
-sacred" shekel (p. 333) weighed 224 grs., _c._40,940 oz. troy, which,
even at the present value of gold, would be worth nearly £ 160,000.
_the offering_ properly, _th... [ Continue Reading ]
The _silver_, with particulars of the purposes for which it was used.
This amounted to 100 talents and 1775 shekels, i.e. 301,775 shekels
(_c._Exo 140,828 oz.), being half a shekel a head, exacted (according
to Exodus 30:13 f.) from the 603,550 male Israelites, of 20 years old
and upwards, of the ce... [ Continue Reading ]
_a beḳa-_ Genesis 24:22.† Lit. a _thing cleft_or _halved_. Three
beḳa-s have been found recently in Palestine (_Qu. St. of PEF._,
1904, pp. 179, 211, _ZDPV._1906, p. 94), weighing respectively 90.58,
94.28, and 102.5 grains Troy. They are apparently light, or worn,
beḳa-s of the -Phoenician" standar... [ Continue Reading ]
See Exodus 26:19; Exodus 26:21; Exodus 26:25; Exodus 26:32
(40+40+16+4=100).... [ Continue Reading ]
See Exodus 27:10-11; Exodus 27:17 (the hooks and the fillets of the
pillars of the Court); Exodus 38:17; Exodus 38:19 (the chapiters as
well).... [ Continue Reading ]
The _bronze_. This weighed 212,400 shekels, or (see, for the standard
of copper or bronze, _DB._iv. 906 a) 108,749 oz. av. (_c._3 tons).... [ Continue Reading ]
_the_ BRONZE _altar_ i.e. the altar of burnt offering (Exodus 27:1-8).
So Exodus 39:39; see p. 329.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Exodus 26:37; Exodus 27:2-4; Exodus 27:6; Exodus 27:10-11; Exodus
27:17-19. The Bronze Laver (Exodus 30:18) is passed over in the
enumeration.... [ Continue Reading ]