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The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:26-28
Bars of shittim wood. To give greater stability to the structure, to keep the boards in their places, and to prevent there being any aperture between them, five bars were to be made for each side, and the same number fo…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:29
The rings were to be of solid gold; the boards and the bars of acacia wood overlaid with gold.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:30
According to the fashion. Where the description was incomplete (and it could not but be incomplete in many points), Moses was to follow his recollection of the "pattern," which either in vision, or otherwise—he had seen…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:30
God dwelleth not in temples made with hands. An idea, to be realised, must be embodied; e.g; thoughts must be expressed in words; the vision of the artist must take form on canvas or in marble. So, too, with the Divine…
Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:31-37
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 look into the holiest of all.…
Matthew Henry on Exodus 26:31-37
Two veils are here ordered to be made, 1. One for a partition between the holy place and the most holy, which not only forbade any to enter, but forbade them so much as to look into the holiest of all, Exodus 26:31. Und…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:31
A vail. The veil was to be of the same material and workmanship as the inner covering extended over the mishkan, and like that, was to have figures of cherubim woven into its texture by a skilled weaver.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:31-35
The veil and the ordering of the holy places.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:32
Four pillars. The contrast between these four pillars of the interior, and the "five pillars" at "the door of the tent" (Exodus 26:36, Exodus 26:37), is striking, and justifies the supposition that the veil in the taber…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:33
Thou shalt hang up the veil under the taches. If the "taches" of Exodus 26:6 or even of Exodus 26:11, are intended, and" under" is to be taken strictly as" immediately under," the mishkan must have been divided by the v…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:35
The table here is, of course, "the table of shew-bread" described in the preceding chapter (Exodus 26:23-30), immediately after the mercy-seat It was to be set "without the veil," in the holy place or outer chamber, aga…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:36
Thou shalt make a hanging. A curtain which could draw up and. down, seems to be intended. When let down, it probably covered the entire eastern side, or front of the tabernacle. When raised, it allowed the eye to penetr…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 26:37
Five pillars. The central pillar was, no doubt, as Mr. Fergusson long ago pointed out, one of two tent-poles, which supported between them a ridge-pole, over which were thrown the coverings that formed the roof of the t…
Matthew Henry on Exodus 27:1-8
In the court before the tabernacle, where the people attended, was an altar, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God. It was of wood overlaid with brass. A grate of b…
The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. (b. c. 1491.)
THE TABERNACLE AND ITS FURNITURE. (B. C. 1491.) As God intended in the tabernacle to manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay their devotions to him, not in the tabernacle itself (into that only…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:1-20
The brazen altar and court of the tabernacle. From the sanctuary, we pass in this chapter to the outer court, the principal object in which was the brazen altar, or altar of burnt offering. I. THE BRAZEN ALTAR (Exodus 2…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:1-8
EXPOSITION THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING. From the description of the tabernacle, or sacred tent in which worship was to be offered by the priests, it followed in natural sequence, that directions should be given concerni…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:1
Thou shalt make an altar. Rather, "the altar." God had already declared that he would have an altar made to him in the place where he should "record his name" (Exodus 20:24). And, even apart from this, an altar would be…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:1-8
The symbolism of the brazen altar. The noticeable points of this altar are its position, material, ornaments, and purpose or use. I. ITS POSITION. II. ITS MATERIAL. The material was the earth alone constituting the true…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:1-21
The tabernacle and its teachings. I. THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE. 1. The situation of the altar. 2. The altar, on which the sacrifice for sin is laid, is the place of power. The horns, the symbol of Divine power. The gospel…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:2
The horns of it. Literally, "its horns." Horns were not usual adjuncts of altars; indeed they seem to have been peculiar to those of the Israelites. They were projections at the four top comers, probably not unlike the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:3
His pans to receive his ashes. Literally, "to cleanse it from fat'—i.e; to receive what remained after burning the victims, which would be ashes mixed with a good deal of fat. His shovels. Those would be used in removin…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:4
Thou shalt make for it a grate. Rather, "a grating." This was probably a protection for the lower part of the altar, and prevented it from being touched by the feet of the ministrant priests. It was outside the altar, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:5
Thou shalt put it under the compass. The "compass" (karkob) is spoken of as if it were something well-known; yet it had not been previously mentioned. Etymologically the word should mean "a cincture" or "band" round the…