o {rom the proper ſignification of the word withour cauſe 2 ». If ars be put for rows of bars, there muſt be 5 rows of bars on a fide there being ſo mar.y bars ſa'd to be on a ſide. But rhe Abett:rs of that opinion aliow only four Rows ofBars ona ſide, & it is apy x rent the middle bar, which is one cf the five,is but one ſingie "6g 28.&therefore it may be preſumed the reſt were ſo tov. 3.The —_ of the middle bar implies, that of the other 4 bars,two wee h—_ It, and two below it. Obj. But if they were each ſingle bars na ing the whole length of the Building,why is it ſaid peculiarly of the middle bar, that it ſhould reach from end to end, or from ney = extremity, verſe 28 ? Az. This may be peculiarly ſaid of this =
becauſe the other 4 might want ſomething of the juſt length of th Building,or becauſe the middle bar might ſtand out beyond oo ends of it, for conveniency of the carriage of the Buildings. y
27 And five bars for the boards of the other fide of
of the tabernacle for the two ſides weſtward :,
_ # There was but oneſide weſtward. Either therefore here is a tran.
poſition of the. Hebrew words,which is uſual,and the word to be placed and rendred, weſtward, looking to both p Spe: war according to both the other ſides, now mentioned,to note that the num- ber and length of bars in the weſt-end ſhould be equal to thoſe on either of the other ſides; or here is an enallage of the number, the dual or plural for the ſingular, of which there are many Exam ples,and ſo the words are to be rendred,for the ſide looking weftward 28 And the middle bar in the midft of the boards « sha!l reach from end to end. | | u Not within the thickneſs of the bords, as the Fews conce! but in the length of them ; as appears, 1. Becauſe this ba an wal m4 whe reſt, was ine, _ Fa _ was frivolous if it were ne. cen. 2. cauſe all the bars had ri CRETE. 3 Om s had rings made to receive and 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and
make their rings of gold, forplaces for th , chou $shalt overlay the Mw 1 _F e bars: and
ing to the the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount. : ;
x Either by viſible repreſentation to his e : _—_ ye, or rather b viſion or unprefſſion of it upon his imagination y mental
31 T Andthou $halt make* a vail y of blue, and Pur-
with cherubims $hall icbemade. y Which was thick and ſtreng that nore could fee through it
called the ſecond vail, Heb. g. 3. whereby the Holy of Holies,which
repreſented the higheſt Heaven, was divided from uh where the wg” pr mas or its Rratnacies, meet; od, ver: 33. Forthe fignificati is Vai Heb.g.8, 24. and 10. wi, 0; -peromn YN Or IEG rehs 32 And thou $halt hang it uponfourpillars ef shittim- 00d overlaid with gold: their hooks z $hall be of gold upon the four ſockets of ſilver. :
z Which were faſtened to the tops of the Pillars, as the Vail was
faſtened rothem. |
33 YT And thou halt hang up the vail under the
teaches F, that thou mayeſt bring in thither within the
yail
24 And they ſhall be F coupled together q beneath, f Heb: and they ſball be coupled together above the head of ic 29
the tabernacle; and five bars for the boards of the ſide
30 And thou+halt rear up the tabernable, * accorg. *Chap.:s:!
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vail the ark of the teſtimony : and the vail ſha'l divide * Heb.g. unto you between the * holy place. and the molt holy.
T Or, in the place ( asthe Hebrew racheth oft ſignifies) of 7h ztaches, to wit,where therwo Curtains are joyned together by taches werſ. 6:
eh And thou ſhalt put the mercy-ſeat upon this ark of the teſtimony, in the moſt holy place.
25 Ard * thou jhalt ſet the table without the vail *Heb.9-2. nd the candleſtick over-againft the table, on the ſide
of the tabernacle , roward the ſouth: and thou ſhalt put the table on the north-tide. 36 And thou ſhalt make an hanging for the door of the tent + of biue, and purple, and ſcarlet, and fine _tewiied linen, wrought with needle-work.
+(i:e ) Of the Holy place, where it was divided from rhe Courr of the people»
37 Andchou ſhale make for the hanging five pillars of ſhictim-2y02d, and * over-lay them with £vld, and their hooks ſhall be of goid : and thuu halt calit five ſockets of braſs for them.
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Of the brazen altar, x =—— 8. Of the court of rabernacde, 9 —* 17. the length of it, 18. Of the lamps burning always, 20. FChap.38. - T,
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ND thou ſhalt make * an altar of ſhittim-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad: the altar ſhall be four ſquare 4 : and the height thereof ihall be
three cubits,
a Not that for Incenſe, but another for Sacrifices.
2 And thou thalt make the horns of it þ upon the four corners thereof: his horns ſhall be of the lame c :
*5zeNum. and * thou ſhalt over-lay it with braſs &:
16. 38. 6 Which were elevated above the body of the Altar, in form et- ther of Pyramids or Spires, or rather of Horns, as the word fignt- fies ; nor 1s there any neceſſity of departing $ 0m the proper f1gnt- fication. "Theſe were not only for orna:nent, but for uſe allo, et- ther to keep things put upon it f. om falling, or that Beaits to be offered might be buund to them. Sec Pſal. 118.27, c Ofthe fame piece with the Altar, forits uſe required ſtrength. 4 With plates of Braſs of competent thickneſs, both above the Wocd and under it, that the Fire might not take hold of the Wood. ,
3 And thou jlalt make his pans to receive his aſhes, 4Or,b-wls and his ſhovels, and his Þ baſins e, and his felh-hooks Gr. Vial. f, and his fire-pansg: all the veſie!s thereof thou ſhait 2 Chron. make of braſs.
4. 8. e To receive the Blond of the Sacrifices, which they were to ſprinkle. f Wherewith they took fleſh our of the pot in which it was ſecthed, as 1 $2m. 2.14. But this ſeems nut proper here, be- cauſe the Fleſh was never boiled upon the Altar, bur in other places appointed for thatuſe. And the Hebrew word is general, and may ſignify either Tongs, or Fire-forks. g In which they carried hve Coals from this Altar to that of Incenſe, as occalion required.
4 And thou ſhalt make for it a grace of net-work þof braſs, and upon the net 5 ſhale thou make four brazen rings & in the four corners thereof, t-