Introduction
(3.) The Construction, Erection, and Dedication of the Tabernacle. Chapters 35-40.
INTRODUCTORY.
We here enter upon the last stage of the divine adoption of Israel, as completed at Sinai, and written in this book. We have been told of the bitter oppression of Pharaoh, the birth and calling of Moses, the wonderful triumph over the superstitions of Egypt, the march to Sinai, the giving of the law, the plan of the tabernacle, and the lamentable breach of the covenant. After much intercession and penitence the tables of the law have been renewed, the covenant once more acknowledged and confirmed by the gracious word of Jehovah, (Exodus 34:10,) and now, as if resuming the narrative broken off at the close of chapter 31, we are informed how, under the direction of Moses, the tabernacle and its vessels were made, accepted, and dedicated to Jehovah, and filled with the divine glory. As these concluding chapters are in the main a recapitulation of the details given in chapters 25-31, the reader is referred to the notes on the text of those chapters. Only a few words and phrases call for further comment.
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