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Introduction

Overview

Exodus 26 . 1 , The ten curtains of the tabernacle; Exodus 26 . 7 , The eleven curtains of goats’ hair , and the covering of rams’ and badgers’ skins; Exodus 26 . 15 , The boards of the tabernacle , with their sockets and bars; Exodus 26 . 31 , The vail for the ark; Exodus 26 . 36 , The hanging for the door.

Verse 1

the tabernacle with ten curtains . The word mishcan , from shachan , to dwell , means simply a dwelling-place , or habitation. "When God had brought the children of Israel out of Egypt ," says the very learned Dr. Cudworth , "resolving to manifest himself in a peculiar manner present among them , he thought good to dwell amongst them in a visible and external manner; and therefore , while they were in the wilderness , and sojourned in tents , he would have a tent or tabernacle built , to sojourn with them also. . Now , the tabernacle being thus a house for God to dwell in visibly , to make up the notion of dwelling or habitation complete , there must be all things suitable to a house belonging to it. Hence , in the holy place , there must be a table and a candlestick , because these were the ordinary furniture of a room. The table must have its dishes , and spoons , and bowls , and covers , belonging to it , though they were never used; and always be furnished with bread upon it. The candlestick must have its lamps continually burning , etc." Exodus 25 . 8 , Exodus 36 . 8-19 , Exodus 40 . 2 , Exodus 40 . 17-19 , 1 Chronicles 17 . 1 , 1 Chronicles 21 . 29 , John 1 . 14 , John 2 . 21 , Hebrews 8 . 2 , Hebrews 9 . 9 , Hebrews 9 . 23 , Hebrews 9 . 24 , Revelation 21 . 3

fine twined linen . Exodus 26 . 36 , Exodus 25 . 4 , Exodus 35 . 6 , Exodus 35 . 35 , Revelation 19 . 8

cherubims . Exodus 25 . 18

cunning work . Heb. the work of a cunning workman , or embroiderer

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 7 . eleven Exodus 26 . 31 . cunning work Exodus 28 . 6 . linen Exodus 28 . 15 . after Exodus 31 . 4 . General Exodus 31 . 7 . tabernacle Exodus 35 . 11 . tabernacle Exodus 38 . 21 . tabernacle of testimony Exodus 39 . 1 . the blue Exodus 39 . 3 . cunning work Exodus 40 . 19 . the tent Numbers 3 . 25 . the tabernacle and 2 Samuel 7 . 2 . curtains 2 Chronicles 1 . 3 . the tabernacle 2 Chronicles 3 . 7 . graved cherubims Esther 1 . 6 . white Isaiah 4 . 5 . a defence Ephesians 2 . 21 . fitly

Verse 2

curtain . Exodus 26 . 7 , Exodus 26 . 8 , Numbers 4 . 25 , 2 Samuel 7 . 2 , 1 Chronicles 17 . 1

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 13 . a cubit Exodus 35 . 11 . tabernacle

Verse 3

coupled together . Exodus 26 . 9 , Exodus 36 . 10 , John 17 . 21 , 1 Corinthians 12 . 4 , 1 Corinthians 12 . 12-27 , Ephesians 2 . 21 , Ephesians 2 . 22 ,Ephesians 4 . 3-6 , Ephesians 4 . 16 , Colossians 2 . 2 , Colossians 2 . 19

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 11 . tent Exodus 39 . 20 . coupling Leviticus 18 . 18 . wife

Verse 4

loops of blue . Exodus 26 . 5 , Exodus 26 . 10 , Exodus 26 . 11 , Exodus 36 . 11 , Exodus 36 . 12 , Exodus 36 . 17

Verse 5

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 4 . loops of blue Exodus 36 . 12 . General

Verse 6

taches of gold . Exodus 26 . 11 , Exodus 26 . 33 , Exodus 35 . 11 , Exodus 36 . 13 , Exodus 36 . 18 , Exodus 39 . 33

one tabernacle . Ephesians 1 . 22 , Ephesians 1 . 23 , Ephesians 4 . 16 , 1 Peter 2 . 4 , 1 Peter 2 . 5

Reciprocal . Genesis 41 . 26 . the dream is one

Verse 7

curtains . Exodus 35 . 26 , Exodus 36 . 14-18, Numbers 4 . 25 , Psalm 45 . 13 , 1 Peter 3 . 4 , 1 Peter 5 . 5

goats' hair . Izzim , goats , but used here elliptically for goats' hair. In different parts of Asia Minor , Syria , Cilicia , and Phrygia , the goats have long , fine , and beautiful hair; in some cases , almost as fine as silk , which is shorn at proper times , and manufactured into garments. Exodus 25 . 4 , Exodus 35 . 6 , Exodus 35 . 23 , Numbers 31 . 20

a . Exodus 26 . 14 , Isaiah 4 . 5

eleven . Exodus 26 . 1 , Exodus 26 . 9 , Exodus 26 . 12

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 2 . curtain Exodus 35 . 12 . the veil Exodus 40 . 2 . tabernacle

Verse 8

length of one curtain . Exodus 26 . 2 , Exodus 26 . 13

Verse 9

five curtains by themselves . Exodus 26 . 3

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 7 . eleven Exodus 26 . 12 . shall hang over

Verse 10

fifty loops . Exodus 26 . 4-6

Reciprocal . Exodus 36 . 12 . General

Verse 11

tent . or , covering , Exodus 26 . 3 , Exodus 26 . 6

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 4 . loops of blue

Verse 12

shall hang over . Exodus 26 . 9

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 7 . eleven

Verse 13

a cubit . Exodus 26 . 2 , Exodus 26 . 8

of that which remaineth . Heb. in the remainder or surplusage

Verse 14

a covering . Exodus 36 . 19 , Numbers 4 . 5 , Psalm 27 . 5 , Psalm 121 . 4 , Psalm 121 . 5 , Isaiah 4 . 6 , Isaiah 25 . 4

rams' skins dyed red . Oroth ailim meoddamim , literally , the skins of red rams. It is a fact , attested by many respectable travellers , that in the Levant , sheep are often met with having red or violet coloured fleeces. Almost all ancient writers speak of the same thing. Exodus 25 . 5 , Exodus 35 . 7 , Exodus 35 . 23 , Exodus 39 . 34 , Numbers 4 . 10 , Ezekiel 16 . 10

badgers' skins . Oroth techashim , which nearly all the ancient versions have taken to be the name of a colour , though they differ very much with regard to the particular colour intended . the LXX , Vulgate , and Coptic , have skins dyed of a violet colour; the Syriac , azure; and the Arabic , black; and Bochart contends for the hysginus , a very deep blue. It may , however , denote an animal; for Dr. Geddes remarks , had the sacred writer meant to express only a variety of colour , he would hardly have repeated oroth , skins , after meoddamim , red , in Exodus 25 . 5.

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 7 . a Numbers 4 . 25 . the covering

Verse 15

boards . Exodus 26 . 18 , Exodus 26 . 22-29 , Exodus 36 . 20-33 , Exodus 40 . 17 , Exodus 40 . 18 , Numbers 4 . 31 , Numbers 4 . 32 , Ephesians 2 . 20 , Ephesians 2 . 21

of shittim . Exodus 25 . 5

Reciprocal . Numbers 3 . 36 . under the custody and charge

Verse 17

tenons . Heb. hands , Exodus 26 . 19 , Exodus 36 . 22 , Exodus 36 . 24

Verse 18

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 15 . boards Job 38 . 6 . foundations

Verse 19

forty sockets of silver . Exodus 26 . 25 , Exodus 26 . 37 , Exodus 27 . 10 , Exodus 27 . 12-18 , Exodus 36 . 24-26 , Exodus 38 . 27 , Exodus 38 . 30 , Exodus 38 . 31 , Exodus 40 . 18 , Numbers 3 . 36 , Numbers 4 . 31 , Numbers 4 . 32 , Song of Solomon 5 . 15

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 17 . tenons Exodus 26 . 21 . two sockets under one board

Verse 21

two sockets under one board . Exodus 26 . 19

Reciprocal . Exodus 38 . 27 . and the sockets

Verse 22

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 15 . boards Exodus 36 . 27 . westward

Verse 23

corners . [Strong's H4742] , Exodus 36 . 28

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 6 . 16 . built them

Verse 24

be coupled . Heb. twined

and they shall be coupled together above . Exodus 36 . 29 , Exodus 36 . 30 , Psalm 133 . 1-3 , 1 Corinthians 1 . 10 , 1 Corinthians 3 . 16 , 1 Peter 2 . 5

Verse 25

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 19 . forty sockets of silver Exodus 36 . 30 . two sockets Exodus 38 . 27 . and the sockets

Verse 26

bars of shittim wood . Exodus 36 . 31-38 , Numbers 3 . 36 , Numbers 4 . 31 , Romans 15 . 1 , 1 Corinthians 9 . 19 , 1 Corinthians 9 . 20 , Galatians 6 . 1 , Galatians 6 . 2 , Ephesians 4 . 16 , Colossians 2 . 19

Reciprocal . Exodus 25 . 5 . shittim wood Exodus 36 . 32 . the tabernacle

Verse 27

Reciprocal . Exodus 36 . 27 . westward

Verse 28

reach . lit , flee , 1 Chronicles 12 . 15 , Nehemiah 13 . 28 , Job 41 . 28 , Proverbs 19 . 26

Verse 29

overlay the boards with gold . Exodus 25 . 11 , Exodus 25 . 12

Reciprocal . Exodus 30 . 4 . rings 1 Kings 6 . 21 . overlaid 2 Chronicles 3 . 7 . overlaid

Verse 30

rear up the tabernacle . Exodus 40 . 2 , Exodus 40 . 17 , Exodus 40 . 18 , Numbers 10 . 21 , Joshua 18 . 1 , Hebrews 8 . 2

according to the fashion . Exodus 25 . 9 , Exodus 25 . 40 , Exodus 27 . 8 , Acts 7 . 44 , Hebrews 8 . 5 , Hebrews 9 . 23

Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 28 . 11 . the pattern 1 Chronicles 28 . 19 . the Lord

Verse 31

a veil of . Exodus 36 . 35 , Exodus 40 . 3 , Exodus 40 . 21 , Leviticus 16 . 2 , Leviticus 16 . 15 , 2 Chronicles 3 . 14 , Matthew 27 . 51 , Mark 15 . 38 , Luke 23 . 45 , Ephesians 2 . 14 , Hebrews 9 . 3-8 , Hebrews 10 . 20 , Hebrews 10 . 21

blue . Exodus 25 . 4 , Exodus 35 . 6 , Exodus 35 . 25 , Exodus 35 . 35 , Exodus 36 . 8

purple . Argaman , a very precious colour , extracted from the purpura , or murex , a species of shell-fish; and supposed to be the same with the costly and much celebrated Tyrian purple.

scarlet . Tolaâth; properly the worm whence the scarlet colour was produced; which grew in a coccus , or excrescence , of a shrub of the ilex kind , like the cochineal worm in the Opuntia of America; which is arranged under the same genus as the Arabic Kermez , which also denotes this colour.

cunning work . Exodus 26 . 1 , Exodus 28 . 15 , Exodus 38 . 23 , 2 Chronicles 2 . 7-13 , Psalm 137 . 5 , Song of Solomon 7 . 1

cherubims shall it be made . Exodus 25 . 18

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 36 . of blue Exodus 27 . 9 . hangings for Exodus 27 . 16 . of blue Exodus 27 . 21 . without the veil Exodus 30 . 6 . veil Exodus 35 . 12 . the veil Numbers 3 . 31 . and the hanging Numbers 4 . 5 . they shall Esther 1 . 6 . white

Verse 32

pillars of shittim . Exodus 26 . 37 , Exodus 36 . 38 , Esther 1 . 6

their hooks shall be of gold . The Hebrew waveyhem , which we translate their hooks , is rendered by the LXX ךוצבכיהוע , and by the Vulgate , capiata , capitals. Hence Calmet contends .

1. That if Moses does not mean the capitals of the pillars by this word , he mentions them nowhere else; and it would seem strange , that while he describes them with so much exactness , that he should not mention the capitals; or that pillars every way so correctly formed , should have been destitute of this necessary ornament.

1. As Moses was commanded to make the wavim of the pillars , and their fillets , of silver (Exodus 27 . 10-11) , and the wavim of the pillars of the vail of gold (Exodus 36 . 36) , and that 1 ,775 shekels were employed in making them , overlaying their chapiters , rasheyhem , their heads , and filleting them (Exodus 38 . 28) , it is more reasonable to suppose that all this is spoken of the capitals of pillars , than of any kind of hooks , especially as hooks are mentioned under the word taches or clasps. But as the root wavah seems to signify to connect (for yww , in Arabic , is to marry a wife) , and as the letter ww , wav , if it has not its name from its hook-like form , is yet used as a connective particle , it would rather appear to denote hooks , which connected the curtains or vails to the pillars. The LXX also render it בדךץכבי , "handles" , and ךסיךןי , "rings" or "clasps".

Reciprocal . Exodus 30 . 1 . General Exodus 38 . 27 . and the sockets Numbers 3 . 36 . under the custody and charge 1 Kings 6 . 21 . overlaid

Verse 33

the taches . Exodus 27 . 10 , Exodus 36 . 36

within the veil . Genesis 9 . 4 , Genesis 9 . 5

the ark of the testimony . Exodus 25 . 16 , Exodus 40 . 21

the holy place . Leviticus 16 . 2 , 1 Kings 8 . 6 , 1 Kings 8 . 10 , 2 Chronicles 5 . 7-10 , Hebrews 9 . 2 , Hebrews 9 . 3

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 6 . taches of gold Exodus 37 . 1 . General Exodus 38 . 21 . tabernacle of testimony Exodus 40 . 3 . General 1 Kings 6 . 21 . by the chains 2 Chronicles 3 . 8 . the most holy 2 Chronicles 29 . 16 . the inner part Psalm 122 . 4 . the testimony Ezekiel 41 . 4 . This Hebrews 9 . 4 . the ark

Verse 34

put the mercy seat . Exodus 25 . 21 , Exodus 40 . 20 , Hebrews 9 . 5

Reciprocal . Exodus 25 . 17 . mercy seat Exodus 40 . 3 . General Leviticus 16 . 2 . he come not 1 Kings 8 . 6 . his place 2 Chronicles 29 . 16 . the inner part Psalm 122 . 4 . the testimony Ezekiel 41 . 4 . This

Verse 35

the table . Exodus 40 . 22 , Hebrews 9 . 2 , Hebrews 9 . 8 , Hebrews 9 . 9

the candlestick . Exodus 25 . 31-37 , Exodus 40 . 24

Reciprocal . Exodus 40 . 4 . the table

Verse 36

hanging . This may be termed the first vail , as it occupied the door or entrance to the tabernacle; the vail that separated the Holy of Holies is called the second vail , Hebrews 9 . 3. Mr. Morier . Second Journey Through Persia , p. 251 describing the tent of a chief of the Eelauts , says , "It was composed of a wooden frame of circular laths , which were fixed on the ground , and then covered over with large felts , that were fastened down by a cord , ornamented by tassels of various colours. A curtain , curiously worked by the women , with coarse needle-work of various colours , was suspended over the door. In the king of Persia's tents , magnificent perdahs , or hangings of needle-work , are suspended , as well as on the doors of the great mosques in Turkey; and these circumstances combined , will , perhaps , illustrate Exodus 26 . 36." Exodus 36 . 37 , Exodus 40 . 28 , John 10 . 9 , John 14 . 6

the tent . Exodus 35 . 11 , Exodus 39 . 33 , Exodus 40 . 29 , Numbers 3 . 25 , Numbers 9 . 15 , 2 Samuel 7 . 6 , Psalm 78 . 60

of blue . Exodus 26 . 31

Reciprocal . Exodus 26 . 1 . fine twined linen Exodus 27 . 14 . hangings of one side Exodus 27 . 16 . of blue Exodus 29 . 4 . unto the door Exodus 35 . 6 . blue Exodus 35 . 15 . the hanging Exodus 39 . 30 . the plate Exodus 40 . 4 . the table Exodus 40 . 5 . put Esther 1 . 6 . white Ezekiel 41 . 2 . the door

Verse 37

overlay them with gold . Exodus 36 . 38

Reciprocal . Exodus 25 . 5 . shittim wood Exodus 26 . 19 . forty sockets of silver Exodus 26 . 32 . pillars of shittim Exodus 35 . 15 . the hanging Exodus 36 . 37 . an hanging Exodus 38 . 30 . the sockets Exodus 40 . 5 . put Exodus 40 . 28 . General Numbers 3 . 25 . and the hanging Numbers 3 . 36 . under the custody and charge Esther 1 . 6 . white