Exodus 37:25; Exodus 40:26. The altar of incense was to be a casing of boards of shittim wood Exodus 25:5, Exodus 25:18 inches square and three feet in height (taking the cubit as 18 inches), entirely covered with plates of gold. Four “horns” were to project upward at the corners like those of the a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RANSOM OF SOULS. - Exodus 38:25. On comparing these words with those of Numbers 1:1, we may perhaps infer that the first passage relates to a mere counting of the adult Israelites at the time when the money was taken from each, and that what the latter passage enjoins was a formal enrolment of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 38:8. The bronze for the “Laver of brass” and its foot was supplied from the bronze mirrors of the women who voluntarily gave up these articles of luxury. Bronze mirrors were much used by the ancient Egyptians. No hint is given as to the form of the laver. The brazen sea and the ten lavers th... [ Continue Reading ]
Compare Exodus 37:29. Exodus 30:23 PRINCIPAL SPICES - i. e. the best spices. PURE MYRRH - Is a gum which comes from the stem of a low, thorny, ragged tree, that grows in Arabia Felix and Eastern Africa, called by botanists Balsamodendron myrrha. The word here rendered pure, is literally, “freely... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 37:29. The incense, like the anointing oil, consisted of four aromatic ingredients. STACTE - supposed to be either the gum of the Storax tree (Styrax officinale) found in Syria and the neighboring countries, or the gum known as Benzoin, or Gum Benjamin, which is an important ingredient in th... [ Continue Reading ]