+ 4 ( i.e.) Abide, as that Verbis uſed 1 Tim 4: 15: and elſe- where e He cho'e that material, part)y as very durable, yer ſo that it was capable ef being broken, which God, foreſeeing their wick- edneſs, intended to do ; and part'y for fignifieation, ro note the Hardneſs of their Hearts, upon which no 1mprefſicn could be made, but by the Finger of God. f Or, th: law, and becauſe that is ambi- guous to the' Moral and Ceremonial, and Judicial, headds, even the commandment, or commandments, to wit, the Ten commandments, ſo called by way of Eminency, for theſe only were written by God upon the Stony Tables, as appears by Exod. 34: 28: the reſt were written by Moſes in a Book, above verſe 4.
12 And Moſes roſe up, and his miniſter Joſhua g: and
Moſes went up into the mount of God, |
g Who did nor go up with Moſes to the rop of the Mount, as is ſoffi-iently implyed boti here and abeve. verſe 1, 2. bur abcde in ſome lower place, wairing for Motes his return, as appears from Exod. 32. 175. And there Jeſbz# abode forty days, not Faſting all the wile, but having, as the reſt had, Mznna for his Meat, and for his Drink, Water ous of the brook that deſcended out of the mount, as we read Dcut, 9. 21.
14 And he ſaid unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us þ, untill we come again unto you : and behold A4a-
ron and Hur i are with you : ifany man have any mat- '
ters to do, let him come unto them.
hþ (:,e.) For me and Joſhua, and here, 3.e. in the Camp, where he was when he ſpake theſe words ; for it was where notonly Aaron and Hur, but the People mighr come, as it here follows, and there- fore not upon the Mount. ; Whom Moſes had made Joint-com- miſſoners to determine hard Cauſes which were brought to them from the Elders, according to the order, Exod. 18. »2. Some make Aaron the Eccleſiaſtical Head, and Hur the Civil! Head :. but Aaron was not authorized for Ecclefiaſtical Matters till chap 28.
15 And Moſes went up into the mount, and a cloud
covered the mount. 16 And * the glory of the LORD & abode uponmount
Sinai, and the cloud covered it/ ſix days ; and the ſc- |
"EXODUS:
venth day » he called unto Moſes out cf the m:icft ofthe cioud.
k ( i.e. ) The tokens of his glorious Preſence in the Fire, wer. 172 Deut. 4.36: I From the eyes cf the People. w So Jong God made M:ſes wait, either to excerciſe his Humility, Devotion, and Dep en- ance vpon God ; or to prepare him by degrees forſo grexta Work; zr b-cauie this was the Chock-day, called therefore the ſeu-n:6 with an emplatical Articie : And God might chuſe that day for rhe be- gining of thar glorious Work, to put rhe greater Honour upen it, and oblige the People to a ſtrifter obſervance of it. So it was vpon 2 Lord's day that St. John had his Revelation delivered to him, Rew. I» 10.
17 And the ſight of the glory of the LORD was like * devouring fire » on the topof the mount, in theeyes
of the children of Iſrael.
» He faith ke it, for it was not devouring fire, as appears by Moſes his !ong abode in it. Note here, wharſoever the E'der: of Iſrael ſaw before, the People ſaw no ſimilitude ot Gcd, as M-Jes obterves Deut,
4. 15: 18 And Moſes went up into the midſt of the cloud 0, and gat him up unto the mount : and Moſes was in
the mount forty days and forty nights p o The God that called him enabling him ro enter and abide there ;
whereas, when he was Jeft to himſeif le could nor enter into the
Tabernacle, Exod. 40: 35: p In which he did neither cat ney
drink, Exed. 34 28. Dewt 9 9, 18 whereby it ſeems moſt probable
the ſix days mentioned, verſe 16: were a part of theſe forty days, becauſe Moſes being in perpctual expeQation of God's call, ſeems nor to have had Ileaſure for eating and drinking, nor proviſion neither.
B-ſides, he is not ſaid to be in the micſt of the C:oud fo long, bur
on'y inthe mount, where he was thoſe ſix days, werſe 15, 16,
CHAP. XXV.
Moſes is commanded to take a free-will offering t0 ſet up the tabernacle, and of wha:,1----7. God commanas him to make a [anttuary, 8. Chargeth him how, ana whereof to make a tabernacle, 9, 10. The form of the 1a bernacle, 11----16: The mercy (eat, 17. The table for the ſhew-bread, with ether utenſils, 18---30 Of rhe candleſtick, with its employment, and othr furnitures for the tabernacle, 31----39: Moſes is cemmanded to make it adlwerable to the patzern which he ſaw in the mount, 40.
ND the LORD fpake a unto Moles,
in a H:ving de'ivered the M-ral and Judicial Laws, he now comes tothe Ceremonial Law, wherein he 1ets down all things very mi- nute'y and particular'y, whereas in the other Laws he was content to lay down general Rules, and leaveth many other things to be by analo;y deduced from them. The reaſons of the d.fference ſeems to be this, That the light of Reaſon imp'anted in all men, gives him greater he'p in che diſcovery of Moral and Judicial things, than in Ceremonial matters, or inthe external way and manner of God's worſhip;which is a thing depending wholly on God's inſtitution,and nor lefr ro man's invention, which is a very incompetent Judge of rhoſe things, as appears from hence, becauſe the wittieſt men, de- ſtirute of God's revel:rion, have been guilty of thoſt foolery in their devicesof God's worſhip. |
2 Speak unto the children of Iſrael, that they + bring
ſay-
me an Þ offering: * of every man that giveth ic will- 4xz,y,,
ingly with his heart ye ſhall take my offering.
3 And this is the offering whichye (hall take of them; gold, andfilver, and bras.
4 And blue b, and purplez and ſcarlet, and fine
Tlinenc, and goats hair d,
6 Or, Sky-couloured ; but here you muſt not underſtand the meer Colours which could nor be offered, bur ſome materials proper for the Work, and ofthe Colours here mentioned, to wit, Wool, or Threads, or ſome ſuch like taings, as appears from Heb. 9: 19: and from the teſtimony of the Jews. c' Which was of great eſteem in ancient times, and uſed by Prieſts and great Officers of Srate. See Gene. 41: 42: Revs 19:8, 14: & Heb, Goats, Bur that their hair is underſtood, is apparer't from the nature of the thing, and from the uſe ofthe word in that ſenſe in other places.
'F And rams skins died red, and badgers skins, and [Littim-wood e,
e A kind of Wood growing in Ezypr and the Deſerts of Arabia very durable and precious. See Exod. 35: 24: Numb. 33: 49: 1/4 41. I9, Joel 3: 18:
,
and. for * {weeet incenſe h:
upon the Altar. 7 Onyx ſtones 7, and ſtones to be ſet & in the * e- phod, and in the* breaſt-plate /.