PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Exodus
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 275,869 words · 607 reading sections
Exodus 26:19
Exodus 26:19 Ver. 19. And thou shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards,.... Or bases {s}, and which were properly the foundation of the tabernacle, on which it was settled and established; these sockets were the mortises for the two tenons of each board or plank to be placed in, and were as broad as…
3,732 wordsSECTION 422Exodus 27:1
Exodus 27:1 INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27 This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Ex 27:1, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Ex 27:9 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for …
645 wordsSECTION 423Exodus 27:2
Exodus 27:2 Ver. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof,.... Which were either for ornament, or for keeping what was laid upon the altar from falling off, or for the fastening of the sacrifice to them, and were what criminals fled to for refuge, and laid hold on; and may denote the power o…
280 wordsSECTION 424Exodus 27:3
Exodus 27:3 Ver. 3. And thou shall make his pans to receive his ashes,.... Not to receive them in as they fell, but to gather them up in, and carry them away; and this was done every morning about cockcrowing, not much sooner nor later {c}: and his shovels; to throw up the ashes together to be put into the pans; Jarc…
341 wordsSECTION 425Exodus 27:4
Exodus 27:4 Ver. 4. And thou shalt, make for it a grate of network of brass,.... Or "sieve", as in Am 9:9, it was a plate of brass with holes in it, to let through either the blood that drained from the parts of the sacrifice, or the ashes of it; for this was the focus or hearth, on which the sacrifice and the wood we…
245 wordsSECTION 426Exodus 27:5
Exodus 27:5 Ver. 5. And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath,.... That is, the grate was to be put within the square compass of the altar, in the hollow part of it, for the wood and sacrifice to be laid upon it: that the net may be even to the midst of the altar; and as the altar was three cubits …
98 wordsSECTION 427Exodus 27:6
Exodus 27:6 Ver. 6. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,.... Like those that were made for the ark, and for the same purpose: and overlay them with brass; with plates of brass, whereas those for the ark were overlaid with gold.…
48 wordsSECTION 428Exodus 27:7
Exodus 27:7 Ver. 7. And the staves shall be put into the rings,.... Not into the rings of the grate, as Jarchi and others: though Dr. Lightfoot {f} thinks these came out of each corner through the altar frame, and hung out of the frame, and in these the staves being put, made the frame and the grate sure together, and…
241 wordsSECTION 429Exodus 27:8
Exodus 27:8 Ver. 8. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it,.... The frame of it being made of boards of shittim wood, there was nothing within side but the grate, which was put within the square, down into the middle of it, and so was light of carriage; though the Targum of Jonathan, and other Jewish writers, represent…
214 wordsSECTION 430Exodus 27:9
Exodus 27:9 Ver. 9. And thou shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward,.... This was a large court yard to the house of God, or tabernacle, which stood in it at the upper end of it; it was enclosed, but open to the air; and in it, between the entrance into it and the holy place, stood the al…
499 wordsSECTION 431Exodus 27:10
Exodus 27:10 Ver. 10. And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of brass],.... On these pillars the hangings, rails, or curtains were set, and they were for one side, the south side, in number twenty; and so must stand five cubits, or two yards and a half or more, distant from each other, since…
397 wordsSECTION 432Exodus 27:11
Exodus 27:11 Ver. 11. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits long,.... The north and south sides of this court being equal, the same length of hangings were for the one as the other; and his twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets of brass; there went on this side the…
89 wordsSECTION 433Exodus 27:12
Exodus 27:12 Ver. 12. And for the breadth of the court, on the west side,.... On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies: shall be hangings of fifty cubits: or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long: their pillars ten, and their s…
101 wordsSECTION 434Exodus 27:13
Exodus 27:13 Ver. 13. And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward,.... Which was the entrance into it: shall be fifty cubits; the east end and west end were of the same measure.…
37 wordsSECTION 435Exodus 27:14
Exodus 27:14 Ver. 14. The hangings of one side of the gate,.... Or entrance into the court: shall be fifteen cubits; or seven yards and a half: their pillars three, and their sockets three; and so stood at the same distance from one another as the rest of the pillars did, the distance of five cubits.…
57 wordsSECTION 436Exodus 27:15
Exodus 27:15 Ver. 15. And on the other side [shall be] hangings fifteen cubits,.... On the other side of the gate, or entrance into the court, on the northeast side, as the other may be supposed to be the southeast side, there was the same length of hangings: their pillars three, and their sockets three; the same as …
66 wordsSECTION 437Exodus 27:16
Exodus 27:16 Ver. 16. And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,.... Which, with the fifteen on each side, make the fifty cubits, the breadth of the court eastward, Ex 27:13, this hanging was better than the rest, much finer and richer; for it was of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine tw…
135 wordsSECTION 438Joh 10:9
Joh 10:9 their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four: so that the pillars of this court at both sides and each end were sixty, twenty on each side, south and north, and ten at each end, west and east.…
42 wordsSECTION 439Exodus 27:17
Exodus 27:17 Ver. 17. All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver,.... This is observed, because only mention is made before of the pillars that were on the south and north sides of the court, as filleted with silver; but inasmuch as those at both ends, east and west, were to be so likewise, th…
116 wordsSECTION 440Exodus 27:18
Exodus 27:18 Ver. 18. The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,.... And as may be concluded from the length of the hangings on each side: and the breadth fifty everywhere; at both ends, and was the breadth of the hangings there, and which all around made the court: and the height five cubits; or two yards…
1,478 wordsSECTION 441Exodus 28:1
Exodus 28:1 INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 28 This chapter informs us of the servants God would have to minister to him in the house, or tabernacle, he had ordered to be made, even Aaron and his sons, Ex 28:1 of the garments they were to wear in their service, Ex 28:2 and first of the garments of the high priest, and particu…
545 wordsSECTION 442Exodus 28:2
Exodus 28:2 Ver. 2. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother,.... Called so, because in these he was to minister in the holy place, and perform holy service; and because typical of the holy human nature of Christ our great High Priest, and of his spotless righteousness, and of the garments of sanctifica…
401 wordsSECTION 443Exodus 28:3
Exodus 28:3 Ver. 3. And thou shall speak unto all that are wise hearted,.... That have knowledge and understanding in mechanic arts, particularly in making garments; and it required men of more than ordinary skill to be employed in making these, because they were uncommon ones, and required a good deal of thought and …
192 wordsSECTION 444Exodus 28:4
Exodus 28:4 Ver. 4. And these are the garments which they shall make,.... Some for Aaron and some for his sons, some peculiar to the high priest, and others in common to him and other priests: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; of each of which, with others, there is…
151 wordsSECTION 445Exodus 28:5
Exodus 28:5 Ver. 5. And they shall take,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, out of their substance; that is, those that were wise hearted, and had knowledge and skill in making such garments; these were to take, not out of their own personal substance, but they were to take or receive from Moses what the people freely o…
127 wordsSECTION 446Exodus 28:6
Exodus 28:6 Ver. 6. And they shall make the ephod,.... This was the outermost garment of, all, and was put over the robe; it was a short garment, reaching to the loins, as Kimchi {p}; or to the buttocks, as Abarbinel {q}; and not to the heels or feet, as Jarchi {r}, and Maimonides {s}; for Josephus {t} says it was but…
333 wordsSECTION 447Exodus 28:7
Exodus 28:7 Ver. 7. It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof,.... Which were two pieces that joined to the ephod, reaching from the arm holes to the shoulders both on the right and left, coming from before and behind; and meeting on the shoulders, were buttoned with two onyx stones, and covering the shoulders are…
154 wordsSECTION 448Exodus 28:8
Exodus 28:8 Ver. 8. And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it,.... Which was worn along with it, and went out from it like two thongs, as Jarchi says, which girt the ephod close to the back and breast: shall be of the same; of the same matter as the ephod, and woven in the same manner, and together with i…
213 wordsSECTION 449Exodus 28:9
Exodus 28:9 Ver. 9. And thou shall take two onyx stones,.... called from the colour of a man's nail, which they to resemble: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan call them stones of beryl, and so the Syriac version; the Septuagint, stones of emerald, and the Arabic version, crystal stones: but, according to Josephus {x…
384 wordsSECTION 450Exodus 28:10
Exodus 28:10 Ver. 10. Six of their names on one stone,.... The names of the six eldest on the stone upon the right shoulder: and the other six names of the rest on the other stone: the names of the six youngest on the stone upon the left shoulder; for these stones, as afterwards said, were put on the shoulders of the…
161 wordsSECTION 451Exodus 28:11
Exodus 28:11 Ver. 11. With the work of an engraver in stone,.... Not in common but precious stones: Moses was not to do this himself, as it could not be supposed he should, but he was to employ an engraver, whose business it was, and one that was capable of doing it in a professional manner: [like] the engravings of …
193 wordsSECTION 452Exodus 28:12
Exodus 28:12 Ver. 12. And thou shall put the stones upon the shoulders of the ephod,.... That is, the shoulder pieces of it; these stones were put there, the names of the twelve sons of Israel being engraven on them, and they, set in rims or sockets of gold, and serving for buttons to the shoulder pieces: but chiefly …
275 wordsSECTION 453Exodus 28:13
Exodus 28:13 Ver. 13. And thou shalt make ouches of gold. Or sockets of gold, to put the two onyx stones in, Ex 28:11 for of other ouches we read not, excepting the enclosings, in which the twelve stones of the breastplate were set, Ex 28:20 and these are again mentioned because of the chains to be fastened to them, o…
69 wordsSECTION 454Exodus 28:14
Exodus 28:14 Ver. 14. And two chains of pure gold at the ends,.... The use of which was to hang the breast plate on, after described; one end of them was fastened to rings on the ouches in the shoulder pieces, and the other end to rings on the breastplate, and thus it hung: of wreathen work shall thou make them; thes…
125 wordsSECTION 455Exodus 28:15
Exodus 28:15 Ver. 15. And thou shall make the breastplate of judgment,.... Called a "breastplate", because worn upon the breast of the high priest; and a breastplate "of judgment", because it was to put him in mind that he should do justice and judgment in the execution of his office, and that he should have at heart …
317 wordsSECTION 456Exodus 28:16
Exodus 28:16 Ver. 16. Four square it shall be, [being] doubled,.... That is, when it was doubled; for the length of it, according to Maimonides {c}, was a cubit, which is two spans, and so, when it was doubled, was but one, and its length and breadth being alike, as follows: a span [shall be] the length thereof, and …
260 wordsSECTION 457Exodus 28:17
Exodus 28:17 Ver. 17. And thou shalt set in it settings of stones,.... Or "fill in it fillings of stones" {d}; which shows that there were in it ouches, or sockets of gold, the hollows of which were to be filled up with precious stones:even four rows of stones; making a four square, and so filling up the measure of th…
8,270 wordsSECTION 458Exodus 29:1
Exodus 29:1 INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 29 This chapter gives an account of the form and order of the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office; preparatory to which Moses is ordered to take a young bullock, two rams, bread, cakes, and wafers unleavened, and bring them and Aaron and his sons to the door of…
490 wordsSECTION 459Exodus 29:2
Exodus 29:2 Ver. 2. And unleavened bread,.... Such as used to be eaten at the time of the passover, and this being distinguished from cakes and wafers, after mentioned, shows that this was bread of a larger size, a loaf or loaves of bread, see Ex 29:3 and cakes unleavened, tempered with oil; these were made of flour …
282 wordsSECTION 460Exodus 29:3
Exodus 29:3 Ver. 3. And thou shalt put them into one basket,.... The unleavened bread, cakes and wafers; this basket may be an emblem of the Gospel and the ministration of it, in which Christ the bread of life is carried, and ministered to his people: and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams; n…
117 wordsSECTION 461Exodus 29:4
Exodus 29:4 Ver. 4. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,.... That is, order and direct them to come thither; for it cannot be thought he was to carry them in his arms or on his shoulders, or have them thither by force, whether they would or not; but he was to dec…
358 wordsSECTION 462Exodus 29:5
Exodus 29:5 Ver. 5. And thou shall take the garments,.... The priestly garments before ordered to be made, and when made: and put upon Aaron the coat: the broidered coat, the coat of fine linen, which was put on first and was next to his flesh, for all these garments were put on in the order in which they are here pl…
291 wordsSECTION 463Exodus 29:6
Exodus 29:6 Ver. 6. And thou shall put the mitre upon his head,.... Which was made of linen, and was a wrap of linen about his head in the form of a turban: and put the holy crown upon the mitre; the holy crown was a plate of gold which had these words, "holiness to the Lord", engraven on it; and so says the Targum o…
149 wordsSECTION 464Exodus 29:7
Exodus 29:7 Ver. 7. Then thou shall take the anointing oil, After ordered to be made of principal spices, myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia, and oil olive, Ex 30:23 and pour it upon his head, and anoint him; this was done, according to Jarchi, in the form of the letter "chi" as before; the oil was put upon his head an…
350 wordsSECTION 465Exodus 29:8
Exodus 29:8 Ver. 8. And thou shalt bring his sons,.... Order the sons of Aaron to come to the same place where he was: and put coats upon them: such as were ordered to be made for them, Ex 28:40.…
42 wordsSECTION 466Exodus 29:9
Exodus 29:9 Ver. 9. And thou shalt gird them with girdles (Aaron and his sons),.... Aaron with the girdle of the ephod, and with the girdle of needlework, and his sons with common girdles made for them; all which showed what strength, diligence, and expedition were necessary for the discharge of their office: and put…
207 wordsSECTION 467Exodus 29:10
Exodus 29:10 Ver. 10. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation,.... The same, or of the same kind he was ordered to take, Ex 29:1, and here the place is expressed where it was to be taken, and what was to be done with it: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon …
161 wordsSECTION 468Exodus 29:11
Exodus 29:11 Ver. 11. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord,.... That is, Moses is ordered to do it, who now officiated as a priest, "pro tempore", Aaron and his sons not being yet completely invested with that office, or thoroughly consecrated to it; of which consecration this sacrifice was a part, and ther…
237 wordsSECTION 469Exodus 29:12
Exodus 29:12 Ver. 12. And thou shalt take the blood of the bullock,.... Being slain, and its blood received into a basin: and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; not sprinkle it with hyssop, as was done in some cases, but put on with the finger dipped into the blood in the basin; as the horns of the a…
182 wordsSECTION 470Exodus 29:13
Exodus 29:13 Ver. 13. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards,.... That covered the skin or caul, in which the bowels are contained, called the "omentum", which generally has a pretty deal of fat upon it: and the caul that is above the liver; which seems to design the diaphragm or midriff; but the S…
266 wordsSECTION 471Exodus 29:14
Exodus 29:14 Ver. 14. But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung,.... The several parts and members of him, head, legs, feet, &c. and the skin taken off of him, and the dung that comes from him. Aben Ezra observes, that the flesh comprehends the head and the pieces, and may be interpreted in a way of con…
184 wordsSECTION 472Exodus 29:15
Exodus 29:15 Ver. 15. Thou shalt also take one ram,.... One of the two he was bid to take, Ex 29:1;and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram; confessing their sins, acknowledging their guilt, and by this act transferring the same to the ram, which was to be a burnt offering, and was typical…
6,540 wordsSECTION 473Exodus 30:1
Exodus 30:1 INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 30 This chapter treats of the altar of incense, its form and use, Ex 30:1 of the ransom of the Israelites, with the half shekel when numbered, Ex 30:11 of the laver for the priests to wash their hands and feet at before service, Ex 30:17 of the anointing oil, the ingredients of it, …
350 wordsSECTION 474Exodus 30:2
Exodus 30:2 Ver. 2. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, four square shall it be,.... It was one Jewish square cubit, which is in surface, according to Bishop Cumberland, three English square feet, and about forty seven square inches; which may denote the solidity, perfection, and exte…
292 wordsSECTION 475Exodus 30:3
Exodus 30:3 Ver. 3. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold,.... Hence this altar is sometimes called the golden altar, Nu 4:11 this may figure the deity of Christ, whose head is as the most fine gold, and is in the divine nature, in the form of God, and is the brightness of his glory, and possessed of the same perfe…
432 wordsSECTION 476Exodus 30:4
Exodus 30:4 Ver. 4. And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it,.... The crown was on the top of the altar, at the edge of it all around; and just underneath it were two rings of gold, two on each side: by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shall thou make them; at each corner a ri…
158 wordsSECTION 477Exodus 30:5
Exodus 30:5 Ver. 5. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood,.... Of the same wood the altar itself was made: and overlay them with gold; as that was; these rings and staves may be an emblem of the precious ordinances of Christ, in which he grants his presence; and where he is held forth in different ages and p…
83 wordsSECTION 478Exodus 30:6
Exodus 30:6 Ver. 6. Thou shalt put it before the vail,.... That divides between the holy and the most holy place; not within the vail in the holy of holies, but before it at the holy place, for there the altar of incense stood: Josephus {o} says, between the candlestick and the table, i.e. of shewbread, stood the alta…
329 wordsSECTION 479Exodus 30:7
Exodus 30:7 Ver. 7. And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning,.... This in later times was done by a common priest, who obtained this service by lots as we find in the times of Zacharias, Lu 1:9 the incense was fetched out of the house of Abtines, where it was made, and burning coals were taken off of t…
657 wordsSECTION 480Exodus 30:8
Exodus 30:8 Ver. 8. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it,.... In the evening the priest went into the holy place to light the lamps that were gone out, See Gill on "Ex 27:20" at the same time he burnt incense on the altar; and as the daily sacrifice was offered up morning and evenin…
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