Bible Commentary

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. 1. the tabernacle ] the Dwelling, used here, as the passage itself clearly shews, in its stricter sense (see on Exo 25:9) of the structure formed by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 26:1”

And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. 40. Cf. v. 9: also Num 8:4; and Act 7:44. In Solomon’s Temple there were ten golden candlesticks, five standing on each side of the Holy place, in front of the adyton (1Ki 7:49; cf. Jer 52:19): in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:40”

[Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 39. a talent ] probably ( DB. iv. 903 b , 906 a ) 673, 500 grs. = c. 96 lb. avoirdupois, worth, at the present value of gold, c. 5460. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 39. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:39”

And the tongs thereof, and the censers thereof, [shall be of] pure gold. 38. tongs ] so Exo 37:23, Num 4:9 , 1Ki 7:49 b (=2Ch 4:21 a), Isa 6:6 . In Isa 6:6 we should still say ‘tongs’ (the Heb. is lit. the two takers), but not in the other cases. Probably in all … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:38”

And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 37. the lamps ] probably of the type called Phoenician, of which numerous specimens, made in terra cotta, have been found at Gezer, and other places excavated recently in Palestine: they are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:37”

Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it [shall be] one beaten work [of] pure gold. Their knops and their branches shall be of the same,…. Of the same metal, gold, and of same mass: all of it shall be one beaten work of pure gold not made in parts, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:36”

And [there shall be] a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 35. of one piece with it (thrice)] i.e. with the candlestick. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:35”

And in the candlestick [shall be] four bowls made like unto almonds, [with] their knops and their flowers. 34, 35. There were also four similar cups in the candlestick itself, i.e. in its central shaft. Vv. 34, 35 are commonly understood to mean that there were four cups altogether in the central shaft, one towards … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:34”

Three bowls made like unto almonds, [with] a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, [with] a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 33. There were three of these cups, shaped like almond-flowers, in each of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:33”

And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: In every one of which was a lamp, and there was a seventh lamp in the chief stem of it, as appears from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:32”