13. And Mofes rofe up, and his minifter Fofhua And Mofes went up into the mount of God.

:

14. And be faid unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

15. And Mofes went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the

15. A cloud, See

ch. 19.9.

16. Six days: To prepare and difpofe Mofes for the re ceiving the Law.

17. And the fight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Ifrael.

18. And Mofes went into the midft of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount and Mofes was in the mount forty days and forty

18. Was in the

mount: Chap. 34.28. Deut. 9. 9.

nights.

CHAP. XXV.

The ARGUMENT.

The Free-offerings toward the building of the Sanctuary. Of the Ark of the Teftimony, and Mercy-feat, and Cherubims. Of the Table of Shew-bread. Of the Golden Candlestick. These things to be made after the pattern fhewed in the Mount.

I.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say

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

2: Bring me: Heb. Take for me: The Hebrew word which fignifies to take or to receive, when that receiving is for the

ufe of another, does alfo in the Scripture Phrafe fignifie, to give, or apply to that ufe, Pfalm 68. 18. with Eph. 4.8. Thus the word fignifies, 1 King. 3. 24. and ch. 17. 10. Judg. 14.2, Offering: Or, Heave-offering. An Offering lifted up and feparated from the reft of their Goods. Of every man: Ch. 35.5. Willingly: 2 Cor. 9.7.

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

4. And blue, and purple, and Scarlet, and fine linen, and goat's

hair.

5. And ram's skins died red, and badger's skins, and fhittim. wood,

4. Fine Linen: Or,

Silk.

5. Shittim-wood:" Probably a kind of Cedar, at leaft, a Wood that doth not.

rot or corrupt, according to the Greek and Jofephus [Antiq. l. 3. c.6.]

6. Oyl for the light, Spices for anointing oyl and for Sweet incense,

7. Onyx-ftones, and ftones to be fet in the ephod and in the breaftplate.

8. And let them make me a fanctuary; that I may dwell a mongst them.

7. Ephod: Chap 28.4. Breaft-plate: Ch. 28. 15.

8. Dwell amongst them: Viz. By a more efpecial manifeftation of Glory,

and tokens of my Favour.

9. According to all that I fhew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the inftruments thereof, even fo fhall ye make it. 3: ad Hoa 10. And they fhall make an ark of foittim-wood: two cubits and a half thall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

tion. 10. And they, &c. Vid. ch. 37. 1. Tw cubits and an balf: Five Spans, lays fofephus, & Antiq. 1. 3. c. 6.] reckoning two Spans to one Cubit.

Crown: Or, Border, called a Crown, because it was round

about.

11. And thou shalt overlay it and without fhalt thou overlay it a crown of gold round about.

with pure gold, within and fhalt make upon it

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

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

14. Born: Upon the Shoulders of the Levites, Num. 7.9.

It was an offence against this Law to 13.7. with 2 Chron.

17. A mercy feat: The Hebrew word is ferved to come from but one, and is ob

17. And thou shalt make a mery-feat of pure gold, two cubits and half thall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth therecf.

a word that fignifies to cover, and to par

don or make atonement for Sin: And hence by Interpreters it is differently rendered by a covering, or elfe a propitiatory, or mercy-feat. The Greek retain both, and our English Verfion is juftified by Heb. 9. 5. And we are taught, in this sense, to apply it to our Saviour from Rom. 3.25.

18. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold: of beaten work halt thou make them, in the two ends of the merry-feat.

18. Cherubims: See the Notes on Gen. 3. 24. These were winged Figures; and their being placed in the Holy of Holies (a Type of the highest Heaven, Heb.9.24.) makes it probable that they represent the Angels which ftand before God continually (Matt. 18. 20.) ready to do God's Will, Heb. 1. 14.

one

19. And make one cherub on the

end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy feat fhall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

19. Of the mercy. feat: Or, Of the mar ter of the mercy-feat.

20. And the cherubims fhall ftretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy-feat with their wings, and their faces hall look one to another: toward the mercyfeat fhall the faces of the sherubims be.

21. And thou fhalt put the mercy-feat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou shalt put the teftimony that I Shall give thee.

22. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee, from above the mercy-feat, from between the two cherubims which are pon the ark of the teftimony, of all things which I will give thee in

22. I will meet

with thee I will give tokens of my regard, and more especial prefence with

thee. Between, &c. Numb

Commandment unto the children of Numb. 7. 89. The

Ifrael.

place between the Cherubims is repre

fented to us as the Seat of the Divine Prefence, 1 Sam.44 And the Ark is called God's foot-ftool, 1 Chron. 28. 2. Pfal.132.7.

23. Thou shalt alfo make a table of fhittim-wood: two cubits fhall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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

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

3

23. Thou fhalt,&c, Ch. 37. 10. Two cu

bits: Twelve handbreadths, fays Mainon. [H. Beth Habbech. c. 3.]

24. A Crown: A little edging about the Table.

25. A Border: Or

Ledge.

26. And thou fhalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

27. Over against the border shall the rings be for pla ces of the ftaves to bear the table.

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

29. And thou shalt make the difbes thereof, and fpoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls there ef, to cover witball: of pure gold halt thou make them.

29.The dishes thereof: i. e. The Dishes or Pans in which the Loaves were prepa

red. Spoons thereof: Little Pots, or Cups,

of which the Hebrews fay there were two, full of Frankin cenfe, or Incenfe, Numb. 7. 14. which was to be put upon each row of Loaves, vid. Levit. 24.11. [Jofeph, Antiqu. 1.3. 9.7. Maimon, H. Beth Habbech. a.3.] Covers thereof, and