Exodus 36:8-38

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:8-13

The first work they set about was the framing of the house, which must be done before the furniture of it was prepared. This house was not made of timber or stone, but of curtains curiously embroidered and coupled together. This served to typify the state of the church in this world, the palace of God's kingdom among men. 1. Though it is upon the earth, yet its foundation is not in the earth, as that of a house is; no, Christ's kingdom is not of this world, nor founded in it. 2. It is mean and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:14-34

Here, 1. The shelter and special protection that the church is under are signified by the curtains of hair-cloth, which were spread over the tabernacle, and the covering of rams? skins and badgers? skins over them, Exod. 36:14-19. God has provided for his people a shadow from the heat, and a covert from storm and rain, Isa. 4:6. They are armed against all weathers; the sun and the moon shall not smite them: and they are protected from the storms of divine wrath, that hail which will sweep away... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:35-38

In the building of a house there is a great deal of work about the doors and partitions. In the tabernacle these were answerable to the rest of the fabric; there were curtains for doors, and veils for partitions. 1. There was a veil made for a partition between the holy place, and the most holy, Exod. 36:35, 36. This signified the darkness and distance of that dispensation, compared with the New Testament, which shows us the glory of God more clearly and invites us to draw near to it; and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 36:8-38

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle ,.... Did the part assigned him, what he was fittest for, and most skilful in: particularly some made ten curtains , &c.; which were properly the tabernacle, and were made first, and then the several things appertaining to it; and from hence, to the end of the chapter Exodus 36:9 , is only an account of the making of the tabernacle, its curtains, coverings, boards, sockets, and bars, the vail for the most... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:8

Cherubims of cunning work - See on Exodus 25:18 ; (note). Probably the word means no more than figures of any kind wrought in the diaper fashion in the loom, or by the needle in embroidery, or by the chisel or graving tool in wood, stone, or metal; see Clarke on Exodus 25:18 ; (note). This meaning Houbigant and other excellent critics contend for. In some places the word seems to be restricted to express a particular figure then well known; but in many other places it seems to imply any... read more

Adam Clarke

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:8-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:14-34

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:35-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 36:8-38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:37

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