Exodus 26 - Introduction
_OF THE FORM, MEASURE, AND MATTER OF THE TABERNACLE._ _Before Christ 1491._... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF THE FORM, MEASURE, AND MATTER OF THE TABERNACLE._ _Before Christ 1491._... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER, THOU SHALT MAKE THE TABERNACLE— The word which we render _tabernacle,_ signifies _a place to dwell in:_ and as this was to be an habitation of the Deity, it is therefore called _the tabernacle,_ where _Jehovah dwelt,_ [שׁכן _shachen_] and manifested his _presence;_ thence called _Shechinah... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT MAKE CURTAINS OF GOATS' HAIR— The second covering for the tabernacle was to be made of stuff, spun or wove from _goats hair;_ the form and dimensions of which are evident from the accurate description in the following verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT MAKE A COVERING—OF RAMS' SKINS, &C.— The third covering, of a still coarser kind, was to be made of _rams' skins dyed red;_ over which, as a fourth _covering,_ and a perfect security from the weather, skins of a _purple colour_ were to be thrown: see what has been said respecting the word... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT MAKE BOARDS— The _boards_ or _planks,_ which were to form, as it were, the walls of the tabernacle, are next described. They were to be of _shittim-wood,_ each _plank ten cubits long, and a cubit and a half broad;_ that is, about five yards and two feet long,—which marks the _height_... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT MAKE A VAIL— A _vail_ made of the same stuff and workmanship with the inmost covering of the tabernacle, hung upon _four pillars of shittim-wood, overlaid with gold,_ &c. (see note following) was to divide the sacred dwelling into two parts, the inmost called the _most holy,_ and the... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR HOOKS—OF GOLD UPON THE FOUR SOCKETS OF SILVER— What The LXX render _hooks,_ Houbigant and many others render _chapiters,_ (_their chapiters of gold upon four sockets_ or _bases of silver,_ like those mentioned Exodus 26:19.) which is the more likely to be the true version, not only because it... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT SET THE TABLE WITHOUT THE VAIL— The _table_ and _candlestick, food_ and _light,_ were to be placed opposite each other. From this description of the tabernacle, into which no light could enter, the use of the candlestick, which was lighted up every day, is manifest. The table, accordi... [ Continue Reading ]