INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27
This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things
relative to it, Exodus 27:1, of the court of the tabernacle, its
hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them,
Exodus 27:9 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to
brin... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL MAKE AN ALTAR OF SHITTIM WOOD,.... This is a different
altar from that made of earth before the tabernacle was built,
Exodus 20:24 and from the altar of incense, Exodus 30:1 this was to
offer burnt offerings on, and was placed at the door of the
tabernacle, in the court of the people... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 2 AND THOU SHALT MAKE THE HORNS OF IT UPON THE FOUR CORNERS
THEREOF,.... Which were either for ornament, or for keeping what was
laid upon the altar from falling off, or for the fastening of the
sacrifice to them, and were what criminals fled to for refuge, and
laid hold on; and may denote the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL MAKE HIS PANS TO RECEIVE HIS ASHES,.... Not to receive
them in as they fell, but to gather them up in, and carry them away;
and this was done every morning about cockcrowing, not much sooner nor
later c:
AND HIS SHOVELS; to throw up the ashes together to be put into the
pans; Jarchi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT, MAKE FOR IT A GRATE OF NETWORK OF BRASS,.... Or
"sieve", as in Amos 9:9, it was a plate of brass with holes in it, to
let through either the blood that drained from the parts of the
sacrifice, or the ashes of it; for this was the focus or hearth, on
which the sacrifice and the wood w... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT PUT IT UNDER THE COMPASS OF THE ALTAR BENEATH,.... That
is, the grate was to be put within the square compass of the altar, in
the hollow part of it, for the wood and sacrifice to be laid upon it:
THAT THE NET MAY BE EVEN TO THE MIDST OF THE ALTAR; and as the altar
was three cubits h... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT MAKE STAVES FOR THE ALTAR, STAVES OF SHITTIM WOOD,....
Like those that were made for the ark, and for the same purpose:
AND OVERLAY THEM WITH BRASS; with plates of brass, whereas those for
the ark were overlaid with gold.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE STAVES SHALL BE PUT INTO THE RINGS,.... Not into the rings of
the grate, as Jarchi and others: though Dr. Lightfoot f thinks these
came out of each corner through the altar frame, and hung out of the
frame, and in these the staves being put, made the frame and the grate
sure together, and so... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLLOW WITH BOARDS SHALT THOU MAKE IT,.... The frame of it being made
of boards of shittim wood, there was nothing within side but the
grate, which was put within the square, down into the middle of it,
and so was light of carriage; though the Targum of Jonathan, and other
Jewish writers, represent... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL MAKE THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE: FOR THE SOUTH SIDE
SOUTHWARD,.... This was a large court yard to the house of God, or
tabernacle, which stood in it at the upper end of it; it was enclosed,
but open to the air; and in it, between the entrance into it and the
holy place, stood the alt... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE TWENTY PILLARS THEREOF AND THEIR TWENTY SOCKETS [SHALL BE OF
BRASS],.... On these pillars the hangings, rails, or curtains were
set, and they were for one side, the south side, in number twenty; and
so must stand five cubits, or two yards and a half or more, distant
from each other, since th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND LIKEWISE FOR THE NORTH SIDE IN LENGTH THERE SHALL BE HANGINGS OF
ONE HUNDRED CUBITS LONG,.... The north and south sides of this court
being equal, the same length of hangings were for the one as the
other;
AND HIS TWENTY PILLARS, AND THEIR TWENTY SOCKETS OF BRASS; there went
on this side the sa... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FOR THE BREADTH OF THE COURT, ON THE WEST SIDE,.... On the west
end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of
holies:
SHALL BE HANGINGS OF FIFTY CUBITS: or twenty five yards and more, so
that the court was but half as broad as it was long:
THEIR PILLARS TEN, AND THEIR SOCK... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE BREADTH OF THE COURT ON THE EAST SIDE EASTWARD,.... Which was
the entrance into it:
SHALL BE FIFTY CUBITS; the east end and west end were of the same
measure.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HANGINGS OF ONE SIDE OF THE GATE,.... Or entrance into the court:
SHALL BE FIFTEEN CUBITS; or seven yards and a half:
THEIR PILLARS THREE, AND THEIR SOCKETS THREE; and so stood at the same
distance from one another as the rest of the pillars did, the distance
of five cubits.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE [SHALL BE] HANGINGS FIFTEEN CUBITS,.... On the
other side of the gate, or entrance into the court, on the northeast
side, as the other may be supposed to be the southeast side, there was
the same length of hangings:
THEIR PILLARS THREE, AND THEIR SOCKETS THREE; the same as on... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FOR THE GATE OF THE COURT SHALL BE AN HANGING OF TWENTY
CUBITS,.... Which, with the fifteen on each side, make the fifty
cubits, the breadth of the court eastward, Exodus 27:13, this hanging
was better than the rest, much finer and richer;
FOR IT WAS OF BLUE, AND PURPLE, AND SCARLET, AND FINE T... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE PILLARS ROUND ABOUT THE COURT SHALL BE FILLETED WITH
SILVER,.... This is observed, because only mention is made before of
the pillars that were on the south and north sides of the court, as
filleted with silver; but inasmuch as those at both ends, east and
west, were to be so likewise, this... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LENGTH OF THE COURT SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED CUBITS,.... And as may be
concluded from the length of the hangings on each side:
AND THE BREADTH FIFTY EVERYWHERE; at both ends, and was the breadth of
the hangings there, and which all around made the court:
AND THE HEIGHT FIVE CUBITS; or two yards an... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE VESSELS OF THE TABERNACLE IN ALL THE SERVICE THEREOF,....
Which either refers to the vessels belonging to the altar of burnt
offering, and so is a repetition of what is said, Exodus 27:3 or
rather to instruments that were used at the setting up and taking down
of the tabernacle; such as hamm... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL COMMAND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Here begins a new
section of the law; an account being given of the tabernacle, and its
parts, and the furniture thereof, next the several parts of service
done in it are observed; and the account begins with that of the
candlestick in the holy plac... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION,.... The reasons usually given
for this name of the tabernacle are, either because the children of
Israel gathered and met together here at certain times, or because
here the Lord met with Moses, and his successors, as he had promised,
Exodus 25:22, but neither... [ Continue Reading ]