Exodus 35:11-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 35:1-19

It was said in general (Exod. 34:32), Moses gave them in commandment all that the Lord has spoken with him. But, the erecting and furnishing of the tabernacle being the work to which they were now immediately to apply themselves, there is particular mention of the orders given concerning it. I. All the congregation is summoned to attend (Exod. 35:1); that is, the heads and rulers of the congregation, the representatives of the several tribes, who must receive instructions from Moses as he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:11

The tabernacle ,.... Which is not a general name for the whole, the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies; but designs the ten fine linen curtains curiously wrought; or the under curtains, as Jarchi expresses it, which were within: his tent ; the curtains of goats' hair, which were a covering over the others, and were made for a roof of the tabernacle, as the same writer observes: and his covering ; the covering for the tent, which was made of rams' skins, and badgers' skins:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:12

The ark and the staves thereof ,.... To carry it with, which were all made of shittim wood: with the mercy seat ; made of pure gold; these were set in the most holy place: and the vail of the covering ; which divided between the holy and the holy of holies; of these see Exodus 25:10 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:13

The table and his staves, and all his vessels ,.... The table of shewbread, and all things appertaining to it: and the shewbread ; which is mentioned for the sake of the table, and to show what was intended, and the use of it; for otherwise the shewbread was not yet to be made, nor by the artificers here called together; and is to be interpreted of the dishes of the shewbread, in which it was put; and so Junius and Tremellius render it, the instruments or vessels of the shewbread; of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:14

The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture ,.... The tongs and snuff dishes: and his lamps, with the oil for the light ; the cups, in which were put the oil and the wicks to burn and give light, as Jarchi interprets them; of these see Exodus 25:31 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:15

And the incense altar, and his staves ,.... Which were overlaid with gold; hence this altar was called the golden altar, of which see Exodus 30:1 . and the anointing oil and sweet incense ; each of which were made of various spices, see Exodus 30:23 . and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle ; at the east end of it, there being there, as Jarchi observes, neither boards nor curtains; see Exodus 27:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:16

The altar of burnt offering with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels ,.... Of which see Exodus 27:1 . the laver and his foot ; Aben Ezra here observes that it had no staves, and conjectures it was carried in wagons when removed. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:17

The hangings of the court ,.... Of the tabernacle, the outward court, which were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits long on each side, north and south, and fifty cubits broad, east and west; see Exodus 27:9 . his pillars, and their sockets ; the pillars were they on which the hangings were hung; and the sockets were what the pillars were let into and fastened in: and the hanging for the door of the court ; at the east of it, of which see Exodus 27:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:18

The pins of the tabernacle ,.... Which were to fix and fasten the ends of the curtains in the ground, that they might not be moved with the wind, as Jarchi observes: and the pins of the court, and their cords ; which were for the same use; see Exodus 27:19 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 35:19

The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place ,.... To wrap up the various vessels of the tabernacle, when removed from place to place; see Exodus 31:10 or the priests' vestments, in which they did their service, and therefore it follows, by way of apposition: the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office ; for which there are particular directions in Exodus 28:1 . read more

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