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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:9-19

The court of the tabernacle - (Compare Exodus 38:9-20)Exodus 27:9The south side southward - The south side on the right. See Exodus 26:18.Exodus 27:10Sockets - Bases. See Exodus 26:19.Fillets - Rather, Connecting rods; curtain-rods of silver connecting the heads of the pillars. The hangings were attached to the pillars by the silver hooks; but the length of the space between the pillars would render it most probable that they were also in some way fastened to these rods.Exodus 27:13The east... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:20

Pure oil olive beaten - The oil was to be of the best kind. It is called beaten, because it was obtained by merely bruising the olives in a mortar or mill, without the application of heat. The finest oil is now thus obtained from young fruit freshly gathered. The inferior kind is pressed from unselected fruit under stronger pressure, and with the application of heat.The lamp - i. e. the lamps of the golden candlestick. (See Exodus 25:37.)To burn - See the margin “to ascend up.” It should be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:21

The tabernacle of the congregation - More literally, the tent of meeting. This is the first occurrence of this designation of the tabernacle, and the idea connected with it is that of Yahweh meeting with either Moses, or the priests, or (in a few cases) with the people gathered into a congregation at the entrance of the tent.Without the rail, which is before the testimony - i. e. the holy place (see Exodus 25:16). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 27:20

Exodus 27:20. Pure oil-olive beaten Not squeezed out by a press or mill, such being full of sediment; but which run freely from the olives when bruised or beaten with a pestle. To cause the lamp to burn always Josephus, who was himself a priest, says, they burned the lamps day and night, three of them being kept burning all day, and the rest being lighted in the evening. And indeed to keep them burning by day as well as night, was no more than what was necessary, for otherwise the priest... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:9-21

Tabernacle court; oil for the lamp (27:9-21)Around the perimeter of the tabernacle courtyard (GNB: enclosure) was a fence, which separated the tabernacle sufficiently from the camp to create a feeling of reverence towards the symbolic dwelling place of God. This fence gave protection against desert winds and was high enough to prevent people outside from watching the rituals out of idle curiosity.The fence was made of cloth attached to posts, which were fitted into metal bases in the ground and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 27:20

children = sons. pure oil . This is without measure. See on John 3:34 the light = the light-holder. Compare Genesis 1:14 . to burn always : i.e. a perpetual light. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 27:21

tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. App-40 . the testimony . Compare Exodus 26:33 . the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 27:9-19

THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE"And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side: and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 27:20-21

THE LIGHT FOR THE CANDLESTICK"And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually in the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on behalf of the children of Israel."That the light mentioned here is that to be provided by the golden... read more

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