17. And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick, his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers were of the fame.

17. Candlestick: Ch. 25, 31.

18. And fix branches going out of the fides thereof three branches of the candlestick out of the one fide thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other fide thereof.

19. Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds, in one branch, a knop and a flower: and three bowls made like almonds, in another branch, a knop and a flower: Sa throughout the fix branches, going out of the candleStick.

20. And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops and his flowers.

20. In the Candle

ftick: That is, in the Shaft or Middle-part of the Candlestick, See the Notes on ch. 25. 33.

21. And a knop under two branches of the fame, and a knop under two branches of the fame, and a knop under two branches of the fame, according to the fix branches going out of it..

22. Their knops and their branches were of the fame? all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.

23. And he made his feven lamps, and his fnuffers, and bis fnuff-dishes, of pure gold.

24. Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the veffels thereof.

25. And he made the incenfe

25. And he made, altar of fhittim-wood: the length &c. See ch. 30. 1. of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit (it was four-fquare) and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the fame.

26. And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it and the fides thereof round about, and the borns of it: alfo he made unto it a crown of gold round about.

27. And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two fides thereof, to be places for the ftaves to bear it withall. 28. And he made the ftaves of fhittim-wood, and overlaid them with gold.

29. And he made the holy anointing oyl, and the pure incenfe of feet Spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

29. The holy anointing oyl: Ch. 30.

35.

CHA P. XXXVIII.

The ARGUMENT.

The Altar of Burnt-offering. The Laver of Brass. The Court, and Hangings. Of the Gold, Silver, and Brafs fpent in this work.

I.

AND he made the altar of 1. Ch. 27. I.

burnt-offering of fhittim

wood: five cubits was the length

thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof (it was fourSquare) and three cubits the height thereof.

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

3 And he made all the veffels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the bafons, and the flesh-books, and the fire-pans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4. And he made for the altar a brafen grate of network, under the compass thereof, beneath unto the midft of it. 5. And

5. And he caft four rings for the four ends of the grate of brafs, to be places for the faves.

6. And be made the ftaves of fhittim-wood, and overlaid them with brass.

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

8. And he made the laver of

brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the looking-glaffes of the women affembling, which affembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

8. Looking-glaffes: Or, Brafen-glaffes, Not made of Glafs, of which we have no mention, but Brass polifhed, which ferved the fame purpose

which our Looking-glaffes are defigned for. Vid. Ezra 8.25. Affembling, which affembled: Heb. Affembling by troops. They affembled upon a Religious account to the place of God's Worship, and more peculiar Prefence; and, as the Greek and Chaldee understand it, as they met there to faft, or to pray, fo it is evident, that they did alfo beftow of their Subftance upon the fervice of God, in that they parted with their fine and polifhed Brass, by which they adorned themselves, to make the Laver of Brass.

9. And he made the court: on 9. Court: Vid. the fouth-fide fouthward, the hang- Ch. 27.9. ings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits.

10. Their pillars were twenty, and their brafen fockets twenty: the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets were of filver.

11. And for the north-fide, the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their fockets of brass twenty: the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets of filver.

12. And for the weft-fide were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their fockets ten: the books of the pillars, and their fillets, of filver.

13. And

13. And for the east-fide east-ward fifty cubits. 14. The hangings of the one fide of the gate were fif teen cubits, their pillars three, and their fuckets three.

15. And for the other fide of the court-gate, on this band and that band, were bangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their fockets three.

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

17. And the fockets for the pillars were of brass, the books of the pillars, and their fillets of filver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of filver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with filver.

18. And the banging for the gate of the court was needle-work, of blue, and purple, and fearlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, anfwerable to the hangings of the court.

19. And their pillars were four,

18. The height in the breadth: i.e. The height of the hangings breadth: That was its height when it hung up, which was its breadth when it lay along.

and their fockets of

brafs four, their books of filver, and the overlaying of

their chapiters, and their fillets of filver.

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

21. This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of teftimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Mofes, for the fervice of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, fon to Aaron the priest.

20. Pins: Ch. 27,

19.

21. The fum of the tabernacle: i.e. The

Sum of Particulars bernacle. Ithamar: belonging to the TaNum. 4. 28, 31, 32, ·

33.

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

33. And

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

24. Talents: A Shekel is half an Ounce, and in Silver

it amounts to our 2s. 6d. or near it.

A Bekah is half fo much. A Talent is 3000 Shekels: This appears, v.25,26,28.

The 603550 are taxed at a Bekah a-piece. This makes 301775 Shekels, and reckoning 3000 Shekels to a Talent, the 301775 Shekels make up 100 Talents and 1775 Shekels, counting the Shekel of Silver at 2 s. 6 d. the Talent of Silver amounts to 375. Sterling. Their Talent of Gold was of the fame weight, and fhould we allow it but of ten times the value, a Shekel of Gold will amount to 4. 5. Sterling, and a Talent of Gold to 3750 l.

น

25. And the filver of them that

25. Numbred:

were numbred of the congregation, Exod. 30. 13. was an hundred talents, and a

thousand feven hundred and threefcore and fifteen fhekels,

after the fhekel of the fanctuary.

26. A bekah for every man, that

26. Every man :

is, half a fhekel, after the shekel of Heb. A Poll.

the fanctuary, for every one that

went to be numbred, from twenty years old and upward, for fix hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five bundred and fifty men.

27. And of the hundred talents of filver, were caft the fockets of the fanctuary, and the fockets of the veil; an bundred fockets of the hundred talents, a talent for focket.

28. And