1 What the Israelites were to offer for the formation of the tabernacle
10 The form of the ark
17 The mercy seat, with the cherubims
23 The table of shew bread, with the furniture thereof
31 The golden candlestick, with the instruments thereof

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

they Ex 35:5-29 Nu 7:3-88 De 16:16,17 1Ch 29:1

bring me. Heb. take for me. offering or, heave offering Nu 18:24

willingly Ex 35:5,21 Jud 5:9 1Ch 29:3,5,9,14,17 Ezr 1:6 2:68 3:5 7:16 Ne 11:2 Ps 110:3 2Co 8:12 9:7

3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

brass. Nechosheth, rather copper; as brass is a factitious metal, composed of copper, and the oxide or ore of zinc, called lapis calaminaris.

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

blue. Techaileth, generally supposed to mean an azure or sky-colour; fine linen, or silk Ge 41:42 Eze 16:10 Re 19:8

5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

Ex 26:14

shittim wood Ex 26:15,26,37 27:1 36:20

6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

oil for Ex 25:37 27:20 40:24,25

spices Ex 30:23-38

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

onyx stones Ex 28:9-21

ephod Ex 28:4,6,15

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

a sanctuary Ex 15:2 36:1-4 Le 4:6 10:4 21:12 Heb 9:1,2

I may dwell Ex 29:45 1Ki 6:13 Isa 12:6 Zec 2:10 8:3 2Co 6:16 Heb 3:6 Re 21:3

9 According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

the pattern of the tabernacle Ex 25:40 1Ch 28:11-19 Heb 8:5 9:9

10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

an ark. Aron denotes a chest, or coffer, in general; but is applied particularly to the chest or ark in which the testimony or two tables of the covenant were laid up; on the top of which was the propitiatory or mercy seat; and at the end of which were the cherubim of gold; between whom the visible sign of the presence of God appeared as seated upon his throne. Ex 37:1-3 De 10:1-3 2Ch 8:11 Heb 9:4 Re 11:19

11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

Ex 25:24 30:3 1Ki 6:20 2Ch 3:4

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

Ex 25:15,26 26:29 27:7 37:5 38:7

13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

Ex 25:28 27:6 30:5 37:4 40:20 Nu 4:6,8,11,14 1Ch 15:15

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

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15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

1Ki 8:8 2Ch 5:9

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

Ex 16:34 27:21 30:6,36 31:18 32:15 34:29 38:21 Nu 17:4 Heb 9:4 De 10:2-5 31:26 1Ki 8:9 2Ki 11:12 2Ch 34:14,15 Ac 7:44 Ro 3:2

17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

mercy seat Ex 26:34 37:6 40:20 Le 16:12-15 1Ch 28:11 Ro 3:25 Heb 4:16 9:5 1Jo 2:2

18 And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

two cherubims of gold Ex 37:7-9 Ge 3:24 1Sa 4:4 1Ki 6:23-28 8:6,7 1Ch 28:18 Eze 10:2,20 41:18,19 Heb 9:5

19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

of the or of the matter of the

20 And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

cherubims shall Ex 25:18 1Ki 8:7 1Ch 28:18 2Ch 3:10

covering Eze 28:14

toward Ge 28:12 Isa 6:1-5 Eze 1:20 Mt 24:31 Joh 1:51 1Co 4:9 11:10 Eph 3:10 Col 2:10 Heb 1:14 1Pe 1:12 3:22 Re 5:11,12

21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

mercy seat Ex 25:17 26:34 Ro 10:4

in Ex 25:16

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

and I will Ex 20:24 30:6,36 31:18 Ge 18:33 Le 1:1 16:2 Nu 7:89 17:4 De 5:26-31 Jud 20:27

between Ex 29:42,43 31:6 1Sa 4:4 2Sa 6:2 2Ki 19:15 Ps 80:1 90:1 99:1 Isa 37:16

23 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.

a table. Ex 37:10-16 40:22,23 Le 24:6 Nu 3:31 1Ki 7:48 1Ch 28:16 2Ch 4:8,19 Eze 40:41,42 Heb 9:2

shittim wood. Shittim wood is probably the acacia Nilotica. Jerome says that the shittim wood grown in the deserts of Arabia, and is like white thorn, as to its colour and leaves; but the tree is so large as to furnish very long planks. The wood is hard, tough, and extremely beautiful. It is thought he means the black acacia, because that is the most common tree in the deserts of Arabia. It is of the size of a large mulberry tree. The spreading branches and larger limbs are armed with thorns, which grow three together. The bark is rough; and the leaves are oblong, standing opposite each other. The flowers, though sometimes white, are generally of a bright yellow; and the fruit, which resembles a bean, is contained in pods like those of the lupin. The acacia being by much the largest and most common tree in the deserts, says Dr. Shaw. We have some reason to conjecture that the shittim wood was the wood of the acacia, especially as its flowers are of an excellent smell; for the shittah tree is, in Is. 41:19, joined with the myrtle and other fragrant shrubs. It may be remarked, that of the two Hebrew names, shittim is masculine, and shittah feminine. So Mr. Bruce says, 'the male is called saiel; from its proceeds the gula Arabic, on incision with an axe.'

24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

Ex 25:11 1Ki 6:20-22

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

a golden crown to the border Ex 30:3 37:2

26 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.

four rings of gold Ex 25:12

27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.

for places of the staves Ex 25:14,28

28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

the table Ex 25:14,27 Nu 10:17 Ac 9:15

29 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.

the Ex 37:16 Nu 4:7 7:13,19,31 1Ki 7:40 2Ch 4:22 Ezr 1:9-11 Jer 52:18,19

to cover or to pour out Le 24:5-9 So 5:1 Re 3:20

30 And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.

Ex 35:13 39:36 Le 24:5,6 Nu 4:7 1Sa 21:6 1Ch 9:32 23:29 2Ch 13:11 Mal 1:7,12 Mt 12:4

31 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.

a candlestick Ex 35:14 37:17-24 40:24,25 1Ki 7:49 2Ch 13:11 Zec 4:2 Heb 9:2 Re 1:12,20 2:1,5 4:5

his knops 1Ki 6:18 7:24

32 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:

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33 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.

like unto Nu 17:4-8 Jer 1:11,12

and three Ex 37:19,20 Zec 4:3

34 And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.

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35 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.

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36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.

beaten Ex 25:18 Nu 8:4 1Ki 10:16,17 2Ch 9:15

37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.

seven Ex 37:23 Zec 4:2 Re 1:4,12,20 2:1 4:5

they shall Ex 27:21 30:8 Le 24:2-4 2Ch 13:11

light, or cause to ascent. give Ex 40:24 Nu 8:2 Ps 119:105 Pr 6:23 Isa 8:20 Mt 5:14 Lu 1:79 Joh 1:9 8:12 12:5 Ac 26:18 Re 21:23-25 22:5

it Heb. the face of it Nu 8:2

38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

the tongs 2Ch 4:21 Isa 6:6

snuff dishes Ex 37:23 Nu 4:9 1Ki 7:50 2Ki 12:13 25:14 Jer 52:18

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

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40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount.

that thou make Ex 26:30 39:42,43 Nu 8:4 1Ch 28:11,19 Eze 43:11,12 Ac 7:44 Heb 8:5

was shewed thee in the mount. Heb. thou wast caused to see in the mount