Bible Commentary

And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 31. candlestick ] Lampstand would be a more accurate rendering; but no doubt ‘candlestick’ (though the expression involves an anachronism) is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:31”

And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me always. 30. shewbread ] This rend. is first found in Tindale’s version of Heb 9:2 (1526), being derived by him apparently from Luther’s Schaubrot (1522). Though, however, a possible paraphrase of the expression used by Jerome (see below), it does not correctly represent the expression … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:30”

And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them. 29. dishes ] also Exo 37:16, Num 4:7; Numbers , 14 times in Numbers 7 (‘charger,’ each weighing 130 shekels= c. 67 oz., and filled with fine flour mingled … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:29”

And thou shalt make the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 28. The staves, or poles, were to be like those for the ark, v. 13. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And thou shall make the staves of shittim wood, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:28”

Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 27. The rings were close by the points at which the ‘frame’ ( v. 25) met the legs, and where probably the legs began to be rounded, and to assume the character of ‘feet.’ Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:27”

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that [are] on the four feet thereof. 26. on (or at) the four corners of the four feet ] The word for ‘feet’ is the one which ordinarily denotes the foot of a man or animal. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:26”

And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 25. a border ] a frame (Heb. enclosure), about 3 in. broad, running round the Table, either (as in modern tables) immediately below the top, or (to judge from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:25”

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 24. a crown ] rather, a beaded or spiral moulding, as explained on v. 11. The moulding appears (see the fig.) to have run all round the edge of each end and side, producing the appearance of four … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:24”

Thou shalt also make a table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. (Compare Exo 37:10-16.) The table and the candlestick figured on the Arch of Titus at Rome are those of the Maccabaean times, but made … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:23”

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. 22. And there I will meet with thee ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:22”