Exodus 40:2._On the first day of the first month _I cannot at all
approve of the opinion of those commentators who think that the
tabernacle was only now set up. That it was already complete in all
its parts before Moses went the second time into the Mount, we infer
from the fact that the ark was th... [ Continue Reading ]
9._And thou shalt take the anointing oil _There was by no means any
virtue or efficacy for sanctification in the oil, except in so far as
it was a type of the Spirit, from whom as its only source all holiness
emanates. Assuredly the oil, as being a corruptible fluid, neither
penetrates into the soul... [ Continue Reading ]
12._And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons _I have already expounded
all that might seem to be profitable with respect to the garments and
the mode of anointing; only let; my readers remember that the priest,
(398) who had been before appointed, is now at length inaugurated, in
order that he may be... [ Continue Reading ]
17._And it came to pass in the first month _In all the arrangements,
which are here described, it must be especially noted, that Moses
obeyed God in such a manner as not to vary in the most trifling point
from the form prescribed to him. He therefore so frequently enforces
the fact, that he did as G... [ Continue Reading ]
34._Then a cloud covered the tent _The holiness of the tabernacle was
proved by this signal or pledge, for the people assuredly knew that it
had not been set up in vain, but that the promise given before was
actually fulfilled, and that it was chosen to be the dwelling-place of
God, who would be the... [ Continue Reading ]
38._For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle. _Moses more
distinctly explains what he had said generally respecting the cloud,
viz., that by night a fiery column appeared, because the cloud would
not have been visible amidst the darkness. A second explanation is
also added, that this did not... [ Continue Reading ]