Exodus 27

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1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

1 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof
9 The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars
18 The measure of the court, and the furniture of brass
20 The oil for the lamp

altar of shittim wood Ex 20:24-26 24:4 38:1-7 40:10,29 2Sa 24:18 2Ch 4:1 Eze 43:13-17 Heb 13:10

2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

horns of it upon the four corners thereof. The horns might have been designed not only for ornament, but to prevent the sacrifices from falling off, and to tie the victim to, previous to its being sacrificed. Ex 29:12 Le 4:7,18,25 8:15 16:18 1Ki 1:50 2:28 Ps 118:27 Heb 6:18

overlay it was brass Nu 16:38,39 1Ki 8:64

3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

his shovels Le 16:12 1Ki 7:40,45 2Ch 4:11 Jer 52:18

basons Ex 24:6

flesh-hooks Ex 28:3 Nu 4:14 1Sa 2:13,14 1Ch 28:17 2Ch 4:16

firepans 1Ki 7:45 2Ki 25:15 Jer 52:19,20

4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.

a grate of network Ex 35:16 38:4,5

rings in the four corners thereof Ex 25:12

5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

compass of the altar Ex 38:4

6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

staves for the altar Ex 35:13-15 30:4 Nu 4:44

7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

bear it Ex 25:28 30:4 Nu 4:13,14

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

as it was shewed Heb. he shewed Ex 25:9,40 26:30 1Ch 28:11,19 Mt 15:9 Col 2:20-23 Heb 8:5

9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

the courts Ex 38:9-20 40:8 1Ki 6:36 8:64 2Ch 33:5 Ps 84:10 92:13 100:4 116:19 Eze 40:14,20,23,28,32,44 41:3,19,20 46:20-24

hangings for Ex 26:31-37 36:17 39:40

10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

sockets shall be of brass Ex 26:19-21

fillets shall be of silver Ex 36:38 Jer 52:21

11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

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12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

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13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

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14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

hangings of one side Ex 27:9 26:36

15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

of blue Ex 26:31,36

needle-work Ex 28:39 36:37 39:29 Jud 5:30 Ps 45:14

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

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18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

length of the court Ex 27:9-12

fifty every where Heb. fifty by fifty

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

all the pins thereof Ex 27:3 35:18 38:20,31 39:40 Nu 3:37 4:32 Ezr 9:8 Ec 12:11 Isa 22:23-25 33:20 Zec 10:4

20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

pure oil olive beaten. That is, such oil as could be easily expressed from the olives, after they had been bruised in a mortar; and which is much purer than that obtained after the olives are put under the press. Ex 39:37 Le 24:2-4 Jud 9:9 Ps 23:5 Zec 4:11-14 Re 11:4

for the light Ex 25:31-37

to cause the lamp. Josephus says, that the whole of the seven lamps burned all night; and that in the morning four were extinguished, and three burned the whole of the day. Such might have been the practice in his time; but it appears sufficiently evident from ch. 30:8, and 1sa 3:3, that they were anciently extinguished in the morning. to burn. Heb. to ascend up.

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

the tabernacle of the congregation Ex 29:10,44 Le 3:8 Nu 8:9

without the vail Ex 26:31-33 40:3

testimony Ex 16:34 25:16,21

Aaron Ex 30:8 1Sa 3:3 2Ch 13:11 Mal 2:7 Mt 4:16 Lu 12:35 Joh 5:35 2Co 4:6 2Pe 1:19 Re 2:1

evening Ge 1:5,8 Le 24:3 Ps 134:1

a statute for ever Ex 28:43 29:9,28 Le 3:17 16:34 24:9 Nu 18:23 29:9,28 Le 3:17 16:34 24:9 Nu 18:23 19:21 1Sa 30:25