Ver. 2.— unr} yeep nareonevdodn 4 xparn, ev Te Auyvin, wold 4 rpd- Tela, nal 1 wpobeors Tay Kprav, Aris Abyercs Kylee Vulg. Lat., “tabernaculum enim factum est primum;” “the first tabernacle was made;” puinenoody: as we shall see, Syr., 722787 S727 NIDL2, “jn taber- naculo primo quod factum erat;” “in the first tabernacle that was made.” Avyvia. Wulg. Lat., “ candelabra,” “candlesticks.” Syr., 89772 72 SIT, “in it was the eek” Tlpcdeors tay dora. WVulg., “ propositio panum,” “ the proposition of loaves.” Others, “ propositi panes.” Syr., SS 871, “and the bread of faces.” “Hrig agyerces Pcs Vulg., “que dicitur sancta;” “ que dicitur sanctum;” “quod sancta vocant:” for some read coylet, some éyia, Syr., NET M2 NT NIP™2A, “ and it was called the holy house.”
Ver. p ilitnge there was a tabernacle made | prepared]; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the AN te ead; which is called te sanctuary.
Our translation thus rendering the words, avoids the ambiguity mentioned in the Vulgar Latin. “First of all there was a tabernacle made.” But whereas our rendering is also obscure, “the first” being mentioned, where only one thing went before,—which yet includes a distribution supposed,—I would supply it with two parts,— There was a tabernacle made, consisting of two parts; “tabernaculum bipartite exstructum;” for the following words are a distinct description of these two parts.
1. The subject spoken of is the “tabernacle.” 2. That which in general is affirmed of it is, that it was “made.” 3. There is a distri- bution of it into two parts in this and the following verse. 4, These parts are described and distinguished by, (1.) Their names; (2.) Their sctwation with respect unto one another; (3.) Their contents or sacred utensils. The one is so described in this verse: (1.) By its situation, it was “the first,” that which was first entered into; (2.) By its utensils, which were three; [1.] The candlestick; [2.] The table; [3] The shew-bread; (3.) By its name, it was called “ The Etacraeye
1. The subject treated of is oxmv4, that is vip »—‘the taber- nacle;” the common name for the wholal fabric, as “the temple” was afterwards of the house built by Sclomoul An eminent type this was of the incarnation of Christ, whereby the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in him bodily, Col. i. 9; substantially in the human nature, as it dwelt typically and by representation in —
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this tabernacle. Hence is it so expressed, “ He was made flesh, xai goxgvacev 2v qi,” Johni. 14,—“ and pitched his tabernacle amongst” or “with us.’ The consideration hereof the apostle on set pur- pose fixed on, as the great concomitant, privilege, or glory of the first covenant, whereof he treats, and whose consideration was ex- cellently suited unto his design. Immediately on the giving of the law, and making that covenant in Horeb which was accepted of by the people and solemnly ratified, Exod. xxiv. 3-8, the whole of their remaining station in that place, for some months, was taken up in Moses’ receiving revelations, and the people’s making provi- sion about and for this tabernacle, with what belonged thereunto. Forty days was Moses in the mount with God, whilst he instructed him in all things that belonged unto it; so great and glorious was the design of divine wisdom in this tabernacle and its appurtenances. For it was the house wherein his glory was to dwell; and not only so, but a type and representation of the depth of his counsel in the incarnation of his Son, whereby the divine nature would personally dwell in the human for ever.
2. It is affirmed of this tabernacle that it was “made;”—“taberna- culum exstructum,” “constructum,” “preeparatum,” “or- natum,” “adornatum ;” “ built,” “ prepared,” “adorned.” There is more included in the word than the mere building of the fabric. For the apostle, in this one word, reflects on and compriseth, (1.) The provision of materials made by the people; (2.) The workings of those materials by Bezaleel; (8.) The erection of the whole by the direction of Moses; (4.) The adorning of it unto its
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the end. First, preparation was made for it; then the materials were wrought, and that with such curious workmanship, accom- panied with such rich devoted ornaments, that it was adorned in its making. It was prepared in its materials, it was wrought into its form, it was beautified in its ornaments; unto all which respect is had in this word. That which principally gave unto it its order, beauty, glory, and use, was, that it was entirely, and in all the parts and appurtenances of it, made according to the pattern which God showed Moses in the mount. And therefore, when it was finished and erected, all the parts belonging unto it, and all that was in it, were distinctly recounted, and it is added concerning them all, sepa- rately and in conjunction, they were all made “as the Lorp com- manded Moses,” Exod. xl. 19-32. For it is the authority and wisdom of God alone that give beauty, use, and order, unto all that belongs unto his worship.
3. The first part of this tabernacle being so prepared, it had its furniture, that was to abide and be used in it:—