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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 26:31

5. THE VAIL, AND THE POSITION WHICH IT WAS TO OCCUPY.

(31) Thou shalt make a vail. — It was of the essence of the mishkân that it should have an outer and an inner sanctuary, a place for the daily ministrations of the priests, and an adytum or penetrale of extreme holiness, in which was to be the Divine Presence, and into which the high priest alone was to be privileged to enter, and he but once in the year. (See Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 16:2; Hebrews 9:7.) The separation between these two chambers was to be made by a vail of the same materials and workmanship as the inner covering of the mishkân (Exodus 26:1).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 26:31. _THOU SHALT MAKE A VEIL._]_ _פרכת_ _ parocheth, from פרך _parach_, to _break_ or _rend_; the _inner veil_ of the tabernacle or temple, (2 Chronicles 3:14), _which broke, interrupt...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    (Compare Exodus 36:8.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exodus 26:1, more strictly so-called, its tent Exodus 26:7, and its covering...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 26 THE TABERNACLE AND ITS CONSTRUCTION _ 1. The curtains (Exodus 26:1)_ 2. The coverings (Exodus 26:7) 3. The boards (Exodus 26:15) 4. The vail ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 26. P. THE DWELLING. This chapter deals with the tent, or tabernacle proper, describing in succession the four thicknesses of different materials which were to make its covering (Exodus 26:1. _...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    VAIL. Hebrew. _paroketh_ (not _masak,_ as in Exodus 26:36), means _to separate._ Compare Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 9:3.Matthew 27:51.

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The _veil_, to separate the Holy place from the Holy of holies, made of the same richly coloured tapestry, with figures of cherubim woven into it (the -work of the designer"), as the curtain (_v._1),...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _a veil_ Heb. _pârôketh_, only in P, in the same connexion, and 2 Chronicles 3:14: the primary meaning was probably -that which shuts off" cf. Ass. _parâku_, to _bar_or _shut off, parakku, apartment_,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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 foll...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 26 Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cher-u-bim the work of the skilful workman sh...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THOU SHALT MAKE A VAIL OF BLUE, AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET, AND FINE TWINED LINEN OF CUNNING WORK: WITH CHERUBIMS SHALL IT BE MADE:_ A veil ... This veil, which was embroidered in the same way as t...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    26:31 veil (a-6) Or 'screen.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TABERNACLE PROPER This, which in the Hebrew is called 'the dwelling' (see on Exodus 25:9), consists of an oblong tent, 30 cubits long, 10 broad, and 10 high, and stands within the 'court of the ta...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עָשִׂ֣יתָ פָרֹ֗כֶת תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְ אַרְגָּמָ֛ן...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Continuing the outward movement of description from the Ark as center, we have instructions concerning the curtains and coverings which were to constitute the Tabernacle and Tent. There was unquestion...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    31._And thou shalt make a vail. _The inner shrine or recess was covered by one vail; the sanctuary was divided from the court by another. By both the people were admonished how reverently God’s majest...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THOU SHALT MAKE A VAIL,.... The use of this, as follows, was to divide the holy place from the most holy place in the tabernacle; it has its name from hardness, it being very stiff and strong, for...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: Ver. 31. _With cherubims._] To note the special presence and att...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou shalt make a veil_ The whole fabric in the inside was to be divided into two rooms by a large and thick veil or curtain of the finest wrought stuff, with variety of colours, and cherubs, and oth...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And thou shalt make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work, tapestry, or damask, made according to the highest skill of the weaver's art, of byssus and the other...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE VEIL AND THE POSITION OF THE APPOINTMENTS...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    4. _The Tent, or the Dwelling itself_. Exodus 26:1-30 I. The Component Parts of the Tent as to Form. _a_. The tent itself. (1) Ten curtains of byssus each 28 cubits long, and 4 cubits wide. (2) Fift...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE INNER COVERING OF THE TABERNACLE (vs.1-6) The tabernacle itself had four coverings; the lower one, which would be visible from inside, being made of fine woven linen with blue, purple and scarlet...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    31-37 A vail, or curtain, separated the holy place from the most holy place. It was hung upon pillars. This vail was for a partition between the holy place and the most holy; which forbade any to loo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU SHALT MAKE A VEIL, which was thick and strong that none could see through it, called the _second veil_, HEBREWS 9:3, whereby the holy of holies, which represented the highest heaven, was divided...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The section of our book which now opens before us contains the instructive description of the curtains and coverings of the tabernacle, wherein the spiritual eye discerns the shadows of the various fe...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 26:31 make H6213 (H8804) veil H6532 blue H8504 purple H713 scarlet H8144 H8438 woven H7806 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Further directions regarding the tabernacle. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The wonders of God's presence are known only to those, who by the proper ceremonies, have come inside the c...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 26:1. _The tabernacle,_ המשׁכן _hammishacan,_ is not the only word which designates the habitation of the Lord. In Exodus 15:2, we find habitation, from the root נוה _Nevah, he dwelt,_ which wo...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And thou shalt make a vail._ THE TABERNACLE VAILS I. These vails signify that the highest vision and fellowship of God are as yet denied to man. God’s presence is fenced about from sinful man. II....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 26:1 This section describes the curtains, frames, and bars (vv. Exodus 26:1) that would make up the TABERNACLE (see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 26:31_ THE TABERNACLE VAILS What does this vail between the Tabernacle and the court, and this vail which divides the Holy Place from the Holiest Place, si...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EXODUS 26:1 THE TABERNACLE. The sacred furniture which the tabernacle was to contain having been described, with the exception of the "altar of incense" the description of which is reserv...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn now in our Bibles to Exodus chapter twenty-six. Now when we got into the twenty-fifth chapter of the book of Exodus, we began with the construction of the tabernacle. First of all, God info...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    a vail of Exodus 36:35 Exodus 40:3 Exodus 40:21 Leviticus 16:2 Levitic

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The veils are here ordered to be made, one for a partition between the holy place and the most holy, which not only forbad any to enter, but so much as to look into the holiest of all. Under that disp...

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