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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 39:1-31

1-31 The priests' garments were rich and splendid. The church in its infancy was thus taught by shadows of good things to come; but the substance is Christ, and the grace of the gospel. Christ is our great High Priest. When he undertook the work of our redemption, he put on the clothes of service, he arrayed himself with the gifts and graces of the Spirit, girded himself with resolution to go through the undertaking, took charge of all God's spiritual Israel, laid them near his heart, engraved... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 39:22-31

The Other Articles of Wear v. 22. And he made the robe of the ephod, over which the ephod was worn, of woven work, all of blue, a hyacinth-colored garment reaching to the knees. v. 23. And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, for the head to pass through, as the hole of an habergeon, a strong linen shirt worn by soldiers, with a band, a strong hem, or selvage, round about the hole, that it should not rend. v. 24. And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 39:1-43

D.—the ark and the mercy—seat,1 and the cherubimExodus 37:1-91And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim [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: 2And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown [rim] of gold to [for] it round about. 3And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by [gold, on] the four corners of it [its four feet]; even two rings upon the one side of it, and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 39:1-31

The Making of the Priestly Garments (Exodus 39:1-31 ). Exodus 39:1 ‘And of the bluey-violet, and purpley-red, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as Yahweh commanded Moses.’ We now move on to the making of the priestly garments to be used by the priests for ministering in the Holy Place, and those made especially for the use of ‘the Priest’. All was done ‘as Yahweh commanded Moses’ (a constant refrain). The... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 39:1-43

Exodus 39. P s. Vestments and Summary. Exodus 39:1 a and Exodus 39:1 b are doublets, and Exodus 39:1 a perhaps once began a full account of the woven fabrics, now given in another place. The explanation in Exodus 39:3 as to the way in which they worked in the gold is new here. There is abridgment in some verses, and after a sentence concluding the full account of the constructive process a fresh summary follows, the workers being generalised ( Exodus 39:32; Exodus 39:42) as “ the children of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 39:1-31

CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 39:9. Doubled = kafal]. This word is repeated again at the close of the Verse to show that the length of the breastplate was one span after it was doubled, so that its actual length was two spans, and because this was not expressed with sufficient distinctness in Exodus 33:16.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Exodus 39:1-31PREPARATION OF THE PRIEST’S CLOTHES“And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 39:1-43

REFLECTIONS. After the short space of four or five months, we find this mystical tabernacle fully completed. It was a portable and temporary habitation of the most high God, and a figure of his true church in her pilgrimage to a better world. The several parts of the sanctuary are here repeated, says Mr. Ainsworth, to show that every thing was made after the model exhibited on the mount, and according to the divine command. God who alone saw the future glory of his church, and knew how he... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Exodus 39:24

they made: Exodus 28:33 pomegranates: Galatians 5:22 read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 39:1-43

THE HOLY GARMENTS OF THE PRIESTS, Exodus 39:1-31 See notes on Exodus 28:0. ALL BROUGHT TO MOSES AND APPROVED, Exodus 39:32-43. How long the preparation of the different parts of the tabernacle required we are not told, but the zeal and diligence implied in the willing offerings of the people warrant the belief that the whole would have been completed in a few months. According to Josephus, the whole time they were engaged in this work was seven months. ( Ant., 3: 8, 4.) As Moses had received... read more

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