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The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:17
Filleted with silver. Rather, "joined by silver rods." See the comment on Exodus 27:10. They were also to have their capitals overlaid with silver (Exodus 38:17).
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:18
The length and the breadth of the court had been already implied in what had been said of the external screen-work, or "hangings" (Exodus 27:9 and Exodus 27:12). What this verse adds is the height of the pillars, which…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:19
All the pins thereof. The "pins" of the tabernacle are undoubtedly the pegs or tent-pins, whereby the tent-cloth wherewith it was covered was extended and kept taut. There were also probably similar pegs or pins for cor…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:19
The value is God's sight of what is common and homely. God does not despise anything that he has made. "His mercy is over all his works" (Psalms 145:9). Each of them has its fit and proper place. Each one of them is nee…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:19
EXPOSITION THE VESSELS OF THE TABERNACLE. There were many "vessels of the tabernacle" which have not hitherto been mentioned, as the great laver in the court (Exodus 30:18; Exodus 40:30) with the basins for washing whic…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:20-21
EXPOSITION THE OIL FOR THE LAMP. It has been observed that this paragraph is somewhat out of place. It would more appro priately, according to human ideas, have terminated Exodus 25:1-40. But "God's ways are not as man'…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:20
Thou shalt command. Compare Exodus 25:6, where the general command had been given. Here certain additions are made as to the quality of the oil which was to be brought. The oil was to be pure olive oil beaten that is to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 27:21
The tabernacle of the congregation. Rather, "the tent of meeting"—the tent where God would meet the earthly ruler of the people (Exodus 25:22), and give him commands and directions—not the place of meeting for the peopl…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:1-38
Aaron in his priesthood the type of Jesus. I. IN HIS APPOINTMENT (Exodus 28:1). 1. He is chosen of God (Hebrews 5:4), and therefore our accepted intercessor. 2. He is taken from among his brethren; "from among the child…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:1-12
EXPOSITION THE HOLY GARMENTS. The special object of the present chapter is to prescribe the form, materials, colour, etc; of the holy garments—or the attire of those who were to minister in the tabernacle at the time of…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:1
Take thou unto thee. Literally, "Make to draw near to thee." Moses had hitherto been of all the people the one nearest to God, the medium of communication. He was now to abdicate a portion of his functions, transferring…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:2
Holy garments have provoked an extreme aversion and an extreme affection at different periods of the world's history. In Moses' time probably no one thought of raising any objection to them. Priestly dresses of many dif…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:3
Wise-hearted. In modern parlance the heart is made the seat of the affections and emotions, the brain of the intellect. But the Hebrew idiom was different. There the heart was constantly spoken of as the seat of wisdom.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:4
These are the garments. The enumeration does not follow the same order exactly as the description. The two agree, however, in giving the precedence to the same three articles of apparel out of the six—viz; the breast-pl…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:5
The materials of the priestly garments. The materials for the priestly garments were to be limited to six—precious stones, which are not here mentioned, as being ornamental, rather than essential, parts of the apparel;…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:6
The Ephod, They shall make the ephod The word ephod signifies etymologically any "vestment" or "garment;" but in its use it is confined to the special vestment here described, the great object of which was to be a recep…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:7
The two shoulder-pieces thereof, Literally, "Two shoulder-pieces." There is no article, and no possessive pronoun. At the two edges thereof. Literally, "at its two ends." A union of the back and front flaps of the dress…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:8
The curious girdle. Josephus says of the ephod, ζώνῃ περισφίγγεται βάμμασι διαπεποικιλμένῃ χρυσοῦ συνυφασμένου, "it is fastened with a girdle dyed of many hues, with gold interwoven in it." Hence its name, khesh…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:9
Two onyx stones. The correctness of this rendering has been much disputed. The LXX. give σμάραγδος, "emeraid." as the Greek equivalent in the present passage, while many argue for the beryl (Winer, Rosenmuller, Bollerm…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:10
The other six names of the rest. Literally, "The remaining six names." According to their birth—i.e; in the order of seniority—or perhaps, in the order observed in Exodus 1:2-4, where the children of the two legitimate…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:11
With the work of an engraver. Rather, "an artificer." The engravings of a signet. Signets in Egypt were ordinarily rings, on the bezel of which the name of the owner was inscribed. Some were of solid gold; others with c…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:12
Stones of memorial unto the children of Israel. Rather "for the children of Israel"—stones, i.e. which should serve to remind God that the high priest represented the twelve tribes, officiated in their name, and pleaded…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:13
Ouches of gold. "Buttons" according to one view (Cook): "sockets," according to another (Kalisch): "rosettes," according to a third (Keil). Some small ornament of open-work (see the comment on Exodus 28:11), which could…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 28:13-30
EXPOSITION THE BREAST-PLATE. It has been noticed that the ephod had for its main object or purpose to be a receptacle for the breast-plate which was attached to it after it had been put on, and formed its principal orna…