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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Exodus 25 - Introduction

A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491.

At this chapter begins an account of the instructions God gave Moses for erecting and furnishing the tabernacle. Here are,

(1,) Orders given for a collection to be made among the people, Exodus 25:1.

(2,) Particular instructions, Exodus 25:1, Concerning the ark of the covenant, Exodus 25:10; Exodus 2, The table of show-bread, Exodus 25:23, The golden candlestick, Exodus 25:31.

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