nons.

18. Twenty boards? And therefore the length of the Tabernacle was thirty Cu bits. See v. 16.

19. Sockets : O Bafes, as it is in the Hebrew; thefe had the Tenons:

Mortaises to receive

20. And for the second fide of the tabernacle on the north-fide, there fhall be twenty boards,

21. And their forty fockets of filver: two fockets un der one board, and two fockets under another board.

22. And for the fides of the tabernacle weft-ward, thon fhalt make fix boards.

23. And two boards fhalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two fides.

24. And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they fhall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus fhall it be for them both; they shall be for the

two corners.

24. Coupled toge ther: Heb. Twinned: fet in the corners as i.e. They fhall be fö

to front two ways; viz. Both towards the Sides, and the End of the Taberna

de: And this fhall be their form both above and below.

25. And they fhall be eight boards, and their fockets of filver, fixteen fockets: two fockets under one board, and two fockets under another board:

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26. And thou shalt make bars of hittim-wood: five

for the boards of the one fide of the tabernacle,

27. And five bars for the boards

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27. For the tid of the other fide of the tabernacle, fides: i. e. Side-cor and five bars for the boards of the fide of the tabernacle for the two fides west-ward.

ners, v. 23. ;)

28. And

28. And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

and

29. And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, make their rings of gold for places for the bars and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

30. And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof, which was fhewed thee in

the mount.

50. According, &c. ch. 25.9 40. Act. 7.44 Heb. 8.5.

And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and fearlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims fhall it be made.

32. And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of hittim-wood, over laid with gold: their books fhall be of gold, upon the four fockets of fil

ver.

32. Hooks: Their Heads, faith the Vulgar: See allo the Greek

33. And the Vail shall divide, &c. The way to Heaven was not revealed, as it was afterward by the Go1. 10. And as a proof fpel, Heb.9.8. 2 Tim. of this, the Veil of the Temple was rent in

twain upon the death of Chrift, Matt. 27.51.

34. And thou shalt put the mercy-feat upon the ark of the teftimony, in the most holy place.

35. And thou shalt fet the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the fide of the tabernacle, toward the fouth: and thon fhalt put the tas ble on the north-fide.

36. And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and fearlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work.

36. An Hanging? Or, Covering. This was the firft Veil at the entry into the

Tabernacle

37. And thou shalt make for the hanging, five pillars of fhittim-wood, and overlay them with gold, and their books thall be of gold and thou shalt caft five fockets of brafs for them.

CHAP. XXVII.

The ARGUMENT

Of the Altar of Burnt-offering, and its Horns and Uten fils. Of the Court of the Tabernacle, and its dimen fions. Of the Oil for the Lamp.

ND thou shalt make an altar of hittim-wood: five cubits long, and five cubits broad the altar fhall be fourSquare, and the height thereof fhall be three cubits.

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

2. The Horns of it: These were certain Spires proceeding out of the Altar, which were hollow, (fays

of the four corners

Maimon) and each of them five hand-breadths high. [Beth Habbeth. c. 2. They may be well fuppofed not onely for Ornament, but for Life alfo. And befides the keeping the Sacrifice from falling off, it hath been thought (from Pfal 118. 27.) they were fet up, that the Sacrifice might be tied and faftned to them, the better to prevent the falling of it.'

3. Bafons In which the bloud was recei ved,and out of which it was fprinkled, ch. 29.16.* Flesh-books:

3. And thou shalt make his pans to receive his afber, and his fhovels, and his bafons, and his flesh-books, and his fire pans: all the veffels thereof thou shalt make of bras Forks or Inftruments with teeth to lay hold of the flesh of the Sacrifice. Fire, pans: To take up Coals with for the Cenfer, in which the Incense was burnt, Levit.9. 1. and

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

16. 12.

4. A grate of network: A plate full of holes, on which the wood lay. Upon the net: That the Net upon which was

a continual fire, may be carried feparately from the rest of the Altar, Exod. 38. 5. with Numb. 4. 13. .

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

5. The compafs of the Altar: i. e. The fquare Compafs of the Whole Altar. Midft of the Altar: i. e. The midst of the height.

6. And thou shalt make ftaves for the altar, ftaves of fhittim-wood, and overlay them with brass.

7. And the ftaves fhall be put into the rings, and the Staves fhall be upon the two fides of the altar to bear it.

8. Hollow with boards fhalt thou make it as it was fhewed thee in the mount, fo fhall they make it. 270 9. And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle for the fouth-fide, fouth-ward there fhall be hangings for the court of fine twined Tinen of an hundred cubits long, for

one fide.

8. It was fhewed: Heb. He fhewed.

9. Court: This was an open part, and the most outward of all, which lites; whereas into received the Ifraethe Holy place, none but Priests entered;

into

into the molt Holy, none but the High Prieft once a year. Hundred cubits: It was fo of each fide, v. 11. Which meafure is double to the breadth of it, v. 12., a

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10. And the twenty pillars there. 10. Fillets: They of, and their twenty fockets thall feem to be Plate be of brafs: the books of the pillars, and their fillets fhall be of filver.

compaffing the heads the Hooks were fa

of the Pillars in which

ftened.

11. And likewise for the north-fide in length there fhall be bangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twen ty pillars, and their twenty fockets of brass: the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets of filver

dod at

12. And for the breadth of the court, on the weft fide, fhall be bangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their fockets ten.

12. And the breadth of the court on the east-fide, eastward, thall be fifty cubits.

14 The bangings of one fide of the gate fhall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their fockets

three.

15. And on the other fide fhall be hangings, ffteen cubits: their pillars three, and their fockets three.

16. And for the gate of the court, fhall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and Scarlet and fine twined linen wrought with needle-work and their pillars fhall be four, and their

fockets four.

16. Twenty cubits: Thefe with the two Fifteens (v. 14, 15.) on each fide, made up the fifty Cubits, (v. 12.)

17 All the pillars round about the court fhall be fil leted with filver: their books thall be of filver, and their fockets of brass.

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