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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:27

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle ,.... Suppose the north, these bars were disposed of in the same manner as those on the south side: and five bars for the boards of that side of the tabernacle ; or the end of it, the west end, as follows: for the two sides westward ; that is, the two corners at the west end, the southwest and the northwest corners; and these five bars reached from the one to the other, two at the upper part of the boards, and two at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:28

And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. From east to west, as Jarchi interprets it; but this can only be said of the middle bar on the north and south sides of the tabernacle, for the middle bar at the west end was north to south: about this bar there is some difficulty, as that it is said to be "from end to end", as if that only was; whereas it is reasonable to suppose that the rest were so likewise; it may be, they might come somewhat short of reaching... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:29

And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold ,.... Not merely gild them, but cover them with thin plates of gold; and which, because it would take up a great quantity of gold, and make the boards very heavy, unless the plates were very thin, when they were taken down and carried from place to place, some have thought they were only glided: and make their rings of gold, for places for the bars ; these were made of solid gold, and were as staples to let the bars into: and, according to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:30

And thou shall rear up the tabernacle ,.... When thus finished, and all the furniture belonging to it completed: according to the fashion thereof, which was showed thee in the mount ; this is the third time that this is observed to Moses in the account of the tabernacle; which shows how punctually God would have the pattern observed he had given him, and that all things might be particularly and exactly done according to it, see Hebrews 8:5 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:31

And thou shalt make a vail ,.... The use of this, as follows, was to divide the holy place from the most holy place in the tabernacle; it has its name from hardness, it being very stiff and strong, for it was made of thread six times doubled, and was four fingers thick, as the Jewish writers say: this vail may represent the sin of man, which separates between God and man, was removed by the death of Christ when the vail was rent, and so the way to heaven opened; or the obscurity of the legal... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:32

And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold ,.... For it was ten cubits long, and as many broad; and being of such a stiffness and thickness as it was, required so many pillars to support it: these pillars may signify the deity of Christ, which is the support of his human nature, and in which it has its personal subsistence, and gives all its actions and sufferings virtue and efficacy; and being of "shittim wood", which is incorruptible, may denote his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:33

And thou shall hang up the vail under the taches ,.... Or clasps, which coupled the two grand curtains, or pieces of tapestry, each consisting of five curtains, of which the tabernacle was made, Exodus 26:6 , and by this it seems that the place where they met, and were clasped, was where the vail was hung between the holy and the most holy place: for, as Dr. Lightfoot F25 Works, vol, 1. p. 718. observes, according to the division of the house was the division of the curtains, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 26:34

And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon ark of the testimony ,.... With the cherubim of glory overshadowing it; all which were a representation of the way of man's salvation flowing from the mercy and grace of God, through the propitiation by Christ, and his perfect righteousness, by which the law is fulfilled; and all this is published in the Gospel by the ministers of it, signified by the cherubim: and these are all the things that were "in the most holy place"; and they were placed at the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 26:29

Thou shalt overlay the boards with gold - It is not said how thick the gold was by which these boards, etc., were overlaid; it was no doubt done with gold plates, but these must have been very thin, else the boards, etc., must have been insupportably heavy. The gold was probably something like our gold leaf, but not brought to so great a degree of tenuity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 26:31

Thou shalt make a veil - פרכת parocheth , from פרך parach , to break or rend; the inner veil of the tabernacle or temple, ( 2 Chronicles 3:14 ;), which broke, interrupted, or divided between the holy place and the most holy; the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was standing. Compare Hebrews 9:8 . The Septuagint constantly render it by καταπετασμα . Does not the Hebrew name פרכת parocheth... read more

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