1-9. The Ark and Mercy seat: see Exodus 25:10-22.10-16. Table of Shewbread: see Exodus 25:23-30.17-24. The Candlestick: see Exodus 25:31-40.25-28. The Altar of Incense: see Exodus 30:1-5. This is mentioned here in its natural position along with the other furniture of the Holy Place. 29. The Holy Oil, and the Incense: see Exodus 30:22-38. read more
(25-28) And he made . . . —The order of the instructions given on Mount Sinai is here departed from. In them the directions for the altar of incense were separated off from those concerning the table of shewbread and the golden candlestick. Here the construction of the three pieces of furniture belonging to the Holy Place is given consecutively. The present passage corresponds with Exodus 37:1-5 of Exodus 30:0, with which it is in the closest agreement. read more
Exodus 37:25-26 The carved and pictured chapel its entire surface animated with image and emblem made the parish church a sort of book and Bible to the people's eye. Emerson, Essay on Religion. References. XXXVIII. 8. S. Baring-Gould, Village Preaching for a Year, vol. i. p. 189. XXXVIII. 26, 27. Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxvii. No. 1581. XXXIX. 8. T. Champness, New Coins from Old Gold, p. 234. read more
CHAPTER XXXV.THE CONCLUSION.Exodus 35:1-35 - Exodus 40:1-38.The remainder of the narrative sets forth in terms almost identical with the directions already given, the manner in which the Divine injunctions were obeyed. The people, purified in heart by danger, chastisement and shame, brought much more than was required. A quarter of a million would poorly represent the value of the shrine in which, at the last, Moses and Aaron approached their God, while the cloud covered the tent and the glory... read more
CHAPTER 37 The Ark , The Table, the Candlestick, and the Incense Altar, the Oil and Incense 1. The ark made by Bezaleel (Exodus 37:1-9 ) 2. The table of shittim wood (Exodus 37:10-16 ) 3. The candlestick (Exodus 37:17-24 ) 4. The incense altar (Exodus 37:25-28 ) 5. The oil and incense (Exodus 37:29 ) The word of Jehovah is literally carried out, because the Holy Spirit was in the workmen. Compare verses 1-9 with 25:10-22; verses 10-16 with 25:23-30; verses 17-24 with 25:31-40; verses... read more
THE TABLE OF SHOWBREAD (vs.10-16) The table was used for bearing the twelve loves of showbread, thus speaking of Christ as the Sustainer of fellowship among all His people. This was placed on the right side of the outer holy place, as one entered. Acacia wood again pictures Christ's humanity, while the gold covering implies His deity. Its two cubits length speaks of fellowship being a witness, and its one cubit width indicates the unity of believing fellowship. Its height of one and a half... read more
THE TABERNACLE ERECTED The closing chapters detail the execution of the plan of the Tabernacle previously revealed. In the first we are told of the offerings the people made for the work, in the next four the progress of the building is recorded, and the last we have the completion and acceptance of the whole on God’s part. NOTE (1) that an important principle in the gifts was the willingness of those who gave (Exodus 35:5 ); (2) the women contributed as well as the men (Exodus 35:22 ); (3)... read more
Was not this incense altar a type of the Lord Jesus? Is he not both the altar and incense of his people? Hebrews 13:15 ; Revelation 8:3 . read more
The Altar of Incense v. 25. And he made the incense altar of shittim wood; the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. v. 26. And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top, the plate, of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it; also he made unto it a crown of gold round about, a heavy, decorated molding. v. 27. And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 37:1-29
"And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.Deuteronomy 10:1-5, where Moses is said to have made an ark, is seized upon as a contradiction, but it is only a pseudocon. See comment on this under [1">Exodus 34:29-35.">[1] And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without. and made a crown of gold to it round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four... read more