Exodus 27 - Introduction
_THE ALTAR OF BURNT-OFFERING WITH ITS VESSELS IS DESCRIBED, TOGETHER WITH THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE, AND THE OIL FOR THE CANDLESTICK._ _Before Christ 1491._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ALTAR OF BURNT-OFFERING WITH ITS VESSELS IS DESCRIBED, TOGETHER WITH THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE, AND THE OIL FOR THE CANDLESTICK._ _Before Christ 1491._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT MAKE AN ALTAR OF SHITTIM-WOOD— The _altar_ for the common service of sacrifices is next described; which the use whereto it was appointed rendered necessary to be formed of baser and stronger materials than the _ark_ and _table_ before mentioned. Accordingly, though constructed of the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT MAKE THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE— The _tabernacle,_ when formed, was to be surrounded by a kind of open _court,_ which was to be circumscribed by _hangings_ of plain _fine linen,_ supported by _pillars_ in sockets of brass; but the hanging for the gate of the court, Exodus 27:16 was t... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE VESSELS OF THE TABERNACLE— That is, all the vessels in the common use of the tabernacle, and such as have not been before specified; in particular the _pins,_ as they are called, _of the tabernacle and the court:_ the original word means, the small _stakes_ to which the ropes of a tent are f... [ Continue Reading ]
PURE OIL-OLIVE BEATEN, FOR THE LIGHT, &C.— _Pure oil of olive beaten_ (i.e. obtained by _pounding_ or _expression,_) is here commanded to be brought for the use of the golden candlestick, as being most excellent, and freest from sediment. We have before observed how necessary it was that there shoul... [ Continue Reading ]