1 The altar of burnt offering
8 The laver of brass
9 The court, and its hangings
21 The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied

the altar. This altar consisted of four boards of shittim (acacia) wood, covered with brass, and hollow in the middle; but it is supposed to have been filled up with earth when used, for it is expressly said that the altar is to be of earth. As it was five cubits long and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, if the cubit be reckoned at 21 inches, it must have been eight feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in height. Ex 27:1-8 40:6,29 2Ch 4:1 Eze 43:13-17 Ro 8:3,4 12:1 Heb 3:1 9:14 13:10 1Pe 2:5

foursquare and three cubits the height thereof Eze 43:16 Joh 6:37 Heb 13:8 Re 21:16

2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

he made Ex 27:2

brass Job 6:12

3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

he made Ex 27:3

flesh-hooks 1Sa 2:13

4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

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5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.

the grate Ex 27:4

6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.

Ex 25:6 De 10:3

7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

to bear it withal Ac 9:15 1Co 1:24 2:2

8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

the laver Ex 30:18-21 40:7,30-32 1Ki 7:23-26,38 Ps 26:6 Zec 13:1 Joh 13:10 Tit 3:5,6 Heb 9:10 1Jo 3:7 Re 1:5

looking glasses. or, brazen glasses. The word maroth, from raah, to see, denotes reflectors, or mirrors, of any kind. That these could not have been looking glasses, as in our translation, is sufficiently evident, not only from the glass not being then in use, but also from the impossibility of making the brazen laver of such materials. The first mirrors known among men, were the clear fountain and unruffled lake. The first artificial ones were made of polished brass, afterwards of steel, and when luxury increased, of silver; but at a very early period, they were made of a mixed metal, particularly of tin and copper, the best of which as Pliny informs us, were formerly manufactured at Brundusium. When the Egyptians went to their temples, according to Cyril, they always carried their mirrors with them. The Israelitish women probably did the same; and Dr. Shaw says, that looking-glasses are still part of the dress of Moorish women, who carry them constantly hung at their breasts. Assembling. Heb. assembling by troops. It is supposed that these women kept watch during the night. Among the ancients, women were generally employed as door-keepers. 1Sa 2:22 Pr 8:34 Mt 26:69 Lu 2:37 Joh 18:16 1Ti 5:5

9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

Ex 27:9-19 40:8,33 1Ki 6:36 Ps 84:2,10 89:7 92:13 100:4

10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

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12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

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13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

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14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Ex 27:14

15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

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17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

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18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

2Ch 3:14

19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

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20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

Ex 27:19 2Ch 3:9 Ezr 9:8 Ec 12:11 Isa 22:23 33:20 Eph 2:21,22 Col 2:19

21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

Tabernacle of. The word tabernacle is used in many different senses, and signifies, a tent or pavilion. Nu 24:5 Mt 17:4

a house or dwelling Job 11:4 22:23

a kind of tent, which is designated, to speak after the manner of the men, the palace of the Most High, the dwelling of the God of Israel Ex 26:1 Heb 9:2,3

Christ's human nature, of which the Jewish tabernacle was a type, wherein God dwells really, substantially, and personally Heb 8:2 9:11

the true church militant Ps 15:1

our natural body in which the soul lodges as in a tabernacle 2Co 5:1 2Pe 1:13

the token of God's gracious presence Re 21:3 Nu 1:50,53 9:15 10:11 17:7,8 18:2 2Ch 24:6 Ac 7:44 Re 11:19

by the hand Nu 4:28-33 Ezr 8:26-30

Ithamar Ex 6:23 1Ch 6:3

22 And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.

Bezaleel Ex 31:1-5 35:30-35 36:1-3

The supernatural qualifications of Bezaleel and Aholiab proved their divine appointment; yet they had an express nomination to their work; they were also miraculously qualified to instruct their assistants, as well as to superintend them. Christ alone builds the Temple of the Lord, and bears the glory; but ministers and private Christians, under his direction and by his grace, may be fellow-workers together with him. They who, in mean employments, are diligent and humbly contented, are equally acceptable with those who are engaged in more splendid services. The women who spun the goats' hair were wise-hearted, as well as the persons who presided over the work of the tabernacle, or as Aaron, who burnt incense there, because they did it heartily unto the Lord. Our wisdom and duty consist in giving God the glory and use of our talents, be they more or less; neither abusing nor burying them, but occupying with them until our Lord shall come; being satisfied that it is better to be a door-keeper in his service, than the most mighty and renowned of the ungodly.--Scott

all that the Lord Ps 119:6 Jer 1:7 Mt 28:20

23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

Aholiab Ex 35:34

a cunning Ex 35:34

24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

all the gold. If we follow the estimation of the learned Dean Prideaux, the value of the twenty-nine talents, and 730 shekels of gold, will be 198,347l. 12s. 6d. The value of the silver contributed by 603,550 Israelites, at half a shekel, or 1s.6d. per man, will amount of 45,266l.5s. The value of the 70 talents, 2400 shekels of brass, will be 513l.17s. The gold weighed 4245 pounds, the silver, 14,603 pounds, and the brass, 10,277 pounds, troy weight. The total value of all the gold, silver, and brass, will consequently amount to 244,127l.14s.6d.; and the total weight of these three metals will amount to 29,124 pounds troy, which reduced to avoirdupois weight, is equal to fourteen tons, 226 pounds!--It may, perhaps, seem difficult to imagine how the Israelites should be possessed of so much wealth in the desert; but it should be remembered, that their ancestors were opulent men before they came into Egypt; that they were further enriched by the spoils of the Egyptians and Amalekites; and that it is probable, they traded with the neighbouring nations who bordered on the wilderness. There appear to be three reasons why so much riches should have been employed in the construction of the tabernacle. To impress the people's minds with the glory and dignity of the Divine Majesty, and the importance of his service. To take out of their hands the occasion of covetousness. To prevent pride and vain glory, by leading them to give up to the divine service even the ornaments of their persons. 1Ch 22:14-16 29:2-7 Hag 2:8

offering Ex 25:2 29:24 35:22

the shekel Ex 30:13,14,24 Le 5:15 27:3,25 Nu 3:47 18:16

25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

bekah Ex 30:13,15,16

every man. Heb. a poll Nu 1:46

six hundred Ex 12:37 Nu 1:46

27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

and the sockets Ex 26:19,21,25,32

28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

and filleted them Ex 27:17

29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

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30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

the sockets Ex 26:37 27:10,17

31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.