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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.
Exo 27:1 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.
Ver. 1. Five cubits long. ] Solomon’s altar was four times as large as this: to teach that as our peace and prosperity is more than others, so should our service in a due proportion.
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.
Exo 27:2 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.
Ver. 2. Horns of it. ] To bind the beasts unto, that were to be slain in sacrifice. Psa 118:27 And to signify the power of Christ’s priesthood. Hab 3:4
Thou shalt overlay it with brass. ] The brass kept the wood; so did the deity of Christ keep his humanity from being consumed by the fire of God’s wrath, wherein it was roasted.
3.
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Exo 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make [of] brass.
Ver. 3. His shovels, and his basons. ] These several instruments figured the ministry of the word, say some; the sundry callings that Christ hath in his Church, say others, for her edification.
4.
And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
Exo 27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network [of] brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
Ver. 4. A grate. ] Which served for a hearth, and represented Christ bearing the fire of his Father’s displeasure.
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.
6.
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
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And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Exo 27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Ver. 7. And the staves shall be. ] As ever ready to remove. Here we have no assured settlement.
8.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
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:
Exo 27:9 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:
Ver. 9. The court of the tabernacle. ] This outer court signified the visible Church, where hypocrites also come to the external worships. Doeg may set his foot as far as David.
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.
Exo 27:10 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.
Ver. 10. And the twenty pillars. ] In allusion whereunto, the Church is called the "pillar and stay of truth." 1Ti 3:15
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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.
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.
13.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14.
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
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And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
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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.
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All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
Exo 27:17 All the pillars round about the court [shall be] filleted with silver; their hooks [shall be of] silver, and their sockets [of] brass.
Ver. 17. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. ] The nearer things were unto God the more precious they were: and e contra.
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.
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.
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.
Exo 27:20 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.
Ver. 20. Pure oil olive. ] Signifying the precious gifts and graces of the Spirit in godly ministers, whose lips must both preserve knowledge, and present it to the people.
Oil olive beaten. ] Signifying, saith one, how with much labour and affliction the light of God’s word is to be prepared, and with patience preached and made to shine in his Church. 2 Corinthians 1:4 ; 2Co 2:4 ; 2 Corinthians 11:21 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23-25 1Th 2:9
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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.