| day, and much more may we ſafely be ignorant of them, the Reli. | gious uſe of them being now aboliſhed. k Stones of fulneſs, or filing, or perfeFing ſtones; ſocalled either becauſe they did perfe& and adorn _ nag the bopunth they __ up the ouches, or the hollow aces, which were left vacant to this purpoſe. 1 Wh | nw" Breaſt-plate were, ſee Exod. 28. EM, N = _ 8 And let them makeme aſancuary », that * I may dwell amongſt thems., : ” A place of publick and ſolemn Worſhip: » Nat by my Eſſence, 5 which is every where, but by my Grace and Glorious Qperations. +
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for me,
6 * Oyl for the light f, * ſpices for anointing oyl g, * Chap 27; 20; * f For the Lamps or Candleſticks, verſe 37: g Wherewith the 4 Prieſts, and the Tabernacle, and the Utenſils thereof, were to be 293 TP anointed. h Heb. Incenſe of Spices, or ſw:et Odors ; ſo called to di- Chap: |
ſtinguiſh it from the incenſe of the fat of Sacritices, which was burnt 3934 / Y Chap; *
# Or, Sardonyx fienes. Note, that the fignification of the Hebrew + names of the ſeveral Stones are not agreed upon by the Jews at this GC
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10 T* 4nd they shall make attark oof shittim-wood: ewo cubits þ and an half fþa// be the length thereof, and 2 cubit and an halfthe - _ thereof, and a cubit and
joht thereorT, ; ; —— or coffer, for the uſes after mentioned. p Un-
. una Cubit, which is generally conceived to d it of (hire <UL 5 g any IVE derſtan and a halfof our meaſure. See Ger: 6. rs.
1x Apdchou ſhalt overlay it with.pure gold ; with- in and wichout ſhalt thou overlay it, and ſhait make u- pon it a crown q of gold round about.
4 Or, A border, raiſed up above the reſt of the Ark, as a Crown *« above that which it is applied to, only a Crown is round.and this was ſquare. This was both for Ornament, and for the faſtning of the covering ofthe Ark to 1t.
12 And thou shalt caſt four rings of gold for je, and
put them in the four corners » thereof ; and two rings
all be in the one ſide of it, and two rings in the other ſide of it. |
r In the middle of each corner for conveniency of carriage. See 1 Kings 7. 39. _ :
13 And thou ſhalt make ſtaves of (bittim-woed, and overlay them with gold.
14 And thou ſhalt put the ſtaves into the rings. by the ſides of the ark, that the ark may be born with them,
15 The ftaves fhall be in che rings of the ark : they ſhall not be taken from it. "8,
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s Towit, the two Tables of Stone, wherein the Necalogue was written; called the Teſtimony here, and Exod: 30. 6: Levit. 16. x3. and more fully the Tables of the Teſtimony, Exod: 31. 18. Numb: 1, 5O. becauſe they were witneſſe. of that Covenant made between God and his People, whence they are called the Tables of the Covenant, Deut. 9, 9. and the Ark, the Ark of the Cavenant, Numb. 10. 33- This being as a publick Record both of God's Mercy promiſed to them, and of the Duty and Conditions required of them. See Ex- 0a; 16. 34.
i7 And thon alt make a mercy-ſeat? of pure gold ; two cubirs and an half ſhall be the length thereof, and a
cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
t Or, Propitiatory ; which ſeems from the fameneſs of dimenſions to be nothing elſe bur the covering of the Ark,upon which God is ſaid to fit. whence the Ark is called God's foorffool, This covering is a manifeſt Type of Chriſt, who is therefore called the propitia- tion, or propitiatory, Rom 3. 25: t John 2. 2. and 4. 10. becauſe he interpoſeth himſelf between God our Judge,and the Law by which we all tand condemned and accurſed, Gal: 3. 10, 13. that Yod may not deal rigorouſly with us according to that Law, but me: cifully for hi: fake who hath fu'flled the Law, and therefo:e boidly pre- ſents himſelf ro his Fathe: on our behalf. |
18 And thou thait make rwo cherubims # of gold :
of beaten work x ſhalt thou make them in the two enes
of the mercy-leat- |
« Figures of humane ſhape, in which alone the Angels uſed to appear ; bur they had wing., to ſignify their Expedition in (3od's Work and Meſſages. And between theſe Angels God is ſaid to fit and dwell. So this place was a rep: eſentation of Heaven, where God *itreth and dwelleth among. the che ubims and other glorious Angels. » Not made of !evera] parcels joyned together, a< Images commonly are, nor yet melredand caſt in a frame o+ mould, bur beaten by the hamme” out ofone continued piece of Gold, pofli',- ly to notre the exatt unity or indiviſtbility,and the ſimplicity of the Angelical Nature.
19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the o- ther cherub onthe o:2er end :cv2n þ+ of the mercy -{2at y ſhall ye make the cherubims on rhe two ends thereof.
7 (i.e ) Of one and theſame pieceof maſſy Gold, out of which the cherubims were ma-(e.
20 And the cherubims ſhall ſtretch forth rbeir * wings.
on high, covering the mercy-ſeat with their xings,and their faces ſhall look one to another: toward the mer- cy-ſeat & tall the faces of the cherubims be
z Toward: God, who 1s ſuppaſed to ſit there, whoſe face the Ange's in Heaven always behold, and upon whom their Eyes are fix:d to obſ-rve and receive his commands ; and towards Chrift, the true Propitiatory, which Myſtcry they dee to look into, 1 Pet.1. 2: not envying Mankind their near and happy relation to him, but taking p'caſure in the contemplation of it.
24 and thou thalt put the mercy-ſeat above upon the ark, and in the ark thou lbalt put 2 the teſtimony that I sha!l give thee.
a Or, After thou ſtalt have put in the Ark; for the Ark was not to be opened after the covering was put upon. it. The Hebrew Par- ricle Yau oft ſignifies after that, os Fer. 43. 13. and 5r. 60.
22 And there I wili meet with thee b, and I will commune with thee, from above the mercy ſeat, from * between the cherubimsc which «re upon theark cf the teſtimony, of all rings which I will give chee in com» mandment unto the children of Iſrael.