h Which was competently ſtrong and thick, this being asit were the Hearth of the Altar upon which they laid both the Wood and the Sacrifices,and it was full of holes,through which the Blood and Aſhes-might fall down into the place appointed for them. 7 Or ra- ther at, or beſide, or under the net, for 1o the Rings wece placed, as their uſe ſhews, and the Hebrew Prepoſition al, is oft ſo uſed. & Which were either 1. Peculiar to the Grate, which by theſe was: carried apart from the Altar, having the perpetual Fire kept nit; for had it been carried with the Altar, the '/Cloth wherewith the Altar was covered, N»mb: 4.13. would have been endangered by the Fire, Or 2. Common to the Altar, to which theſe were fixed on the outſide, as on the iniide to the Grate, that by them the Grare might be both kept evenand upright,and alſo carried together with the Altar, and thzt with ſuch caution that the Fire included mighr not hurt the Covering-cluth, which was not difficult to do. :
5 And thou $halt put it under the compaſs / of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the. midit of the altar m,
I ( i.e. ) Within the ſquare and hollow ſpace of the Altar. m Or, an# the net ſhall be at (the Hebrew ad, being here uſed for el, as Hoſ. 14. 2. Joel. 2. 12. Amos 4. 6, 8.) the midff of the Altar, And theſe words ſeem added to explain the word beneath, to ſhew thatas it was not to be at the rop, ſo neither at the botrom of the Altar, but in the midſt of ir.
6 And thou shalt make ſtaves for the altar, ſtaves of Shittim- wood, andover-lay them with gold.
7 And the ſtaves shall be put into the rings », and the ftaves shall be upon the two fides of the aitar to bear it.
» Which ſeem to-be the ſame both to the Altar an the Grate,” though ſome alledge that place for the contrary.
*Chap.25. 8 Hollow with boards s {balt thou make it :
* asf if! 49.nd26. was lhewed theein the mount, ſoshall they makez:.
J9. | ; y Ma: + Heb h o (7. e. ) Not one entire piece of Wood, but conſiſring of four ſhewed, * ſeveral ſides, hollow within, for caſineſs and conveniency of car- |
riage In their Wilderneſs-ſtate. 9 4 Andrhou thalt make the court of the tabernacle p for the ſourth-fide ſouthward : rhere (hall be hangings for the court 49 of fine vwined linen of an hundred cubits long, for one fide. p A Court encompaſiing the Tabernacle, Exod: 40. 33. in the midſt whereof the Altar of Sac-ifices was placed, upon which the Offerings were burnt in the open Air, which was moſt convenient.
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ro And the twenty pillars » thereof, ' and their ewenty ſockets s [bal] be of braſs: : the hooks of the pil-' lars, and their fillets / ſhall be of filver, | _ + On which the Hangings were faftned, by the Hooks here men- tioned. 5 Or, baſes, upon which the pill:r tood. £ Or hoops, which
encompeſſed the Pillars at the top, being placed there, as ut ſeems, tor ornament only.
11: Andlike-wiſe for the north-fide in length, there ſhall be hangings of an hundred cubirs long,and his twens ty pillars,and their twenty ſockets of braſs: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of filver.
12 1 And fer the breadth of the court on the weft- tide, fhel! be hangings of fifty cubirs 3 their pillars ten, and their ſockets ten.
13 And the breadth ofthe court on the eaſt -fide caſt- ward, ſhall be fifty cubits.
14 The hangings of one ſide of the gate ſhall be fifteen' Cubirs s #8. their pillars three, and their ſockets three.
« Which with the fifteen cubits, werſe 15. and the twenty cubitrs, verſe 16. make up the fifry Cubits mentioned werſe 15.
«5 And on the other lide ſhall be hangings fifteen cu. bits : their pillars three, andtheir ſockets three.
16 4 And for the gate of the court ſþ41] be an hang- ing of twenty cubits ef blue, and purple, and {carler, and fine-twined linen, wrought with ncedle-works and cheir pillars ſhall be four, and their ſockers four.
17 All the pillars round about the court ſhall be filleted. with ſiver * their hooks ſhall be of filiver x, and their {ockets of braſs.
x All filver, not only covered with Silver, as ſome unluly infer * from Exod: 38. 17.
16 QC Thelengthof the court ſhall be an hundred cu- bits,and tne breadth Þ fifry every where,and che height +Heb #{ry ons C0 of tine twined linen, and their fockets of by fifty.
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19 All the veſſels of the tabernacle in all the ſervice chereof, and all che pins thereof, and all the pins y of che court ſhall he of brafs:
» Wherewith the Tabernacle and Curtains thereof were faſtned 4 to the ground, as Tents uſually arewith wooden Pins.
20 4 Ard thou ſhaiccomma::dthe children of Iſrael that they bring thee pure oil-olive beaten x for the !:zhr, to cabfe the lamp F to burn alway @- Þ} Heb. #6
z Beaten our of the Olives with a Peſtle, which is freer from dregs aſcend up. than that which is ſqueezed our with a Preſs. 2 ( 7:e: ) Ar all the ; times appointed ; duly, though not continually ; as the Lamb of fered oniy every morning and every evening is called a continual burnt-offermg, Exod: 29. 42. For that theſe were lighted only at the evening, may ſeem probable from the next verſe,and from Exod.27, 21. and 30. 8, Lev. 24.3. I Sam. 3. 3+ 2 Chron. 13. 11. But becauſe Joſephus and Philo, who were eye-witnefles of the Temple-ſervice, and had no Temptation to lye in this matter, expreſly affirm, thar ſome lighrs did burn in the day-time, and it may ſeem indecent and improbable thar God ſhould dwell and the Prieſts miniſter in darkneſs, and there were no Windows to give light to the Taber- nacle by day; it may be granted that ſome few burnt in the day, and all in the night, and that the latrer is only mentioned in the places alledged, as being a more ſolemn time when all are lighred:
241 Inthe tabernacle + of the congregation b * with-
out the vail c, which is before the teſtimony 4, Aaron + Heb. of -