o The Jews themſelves are not agreed what theſe were, and it concerns not Chriſtians much to know, the uſe of them being at o- liſhed. It is evident they were each of them ſweet Spices,and there- i fore this Galbanum was not of the common kind,which gives a very | bad ſcent. p Heb. Alone ſhall be with alone, 1.4, Each of theſe alone : ſhall be with another alone, to wir, in equal quantity. Or it may note, that each of theſe was to beraken and beaten apart, and then mixed together, Or, 7t ſhall be alone alone, 7: e: abſolutely and cers tainly alone, the doubling of the word increaſing the ſignification, and thus it doth not belong to all the ingredients, becauſe the He- brew Verb is here of the ſingular number, but only to the Frank- incenſe ; andthe ſenſe may be, that whereas the orher things ſhall be tempered together,the Frankincenſe ſhould be alone,which may ſeem moſt agreeable both to the common uſe of Frankincenſe, and to its differing nature from the other things mentioned, two of them at leaſt being confeſſedly liquid —_
35 And thou ſhalt make it a perfume, a confe&ion afcer the art of che apothecaty, + tempered together 4, pure r and holy,
9 Heb. Salted, either 1. properly,for Sal: was to be offered with all offerings, Levit. 2. 13. And the Hebrew Doors tell us, thar ſix Egg- ſhells full of Salt were uſed ; or, metaphorically, well mixed to- gether, as Salt waswith things either cflered ro God, or eaten by Man. r Ofthe beſt of each kind of Drugs, the moſt perfe& and uncorrupted.
36 And thou ſhalt beat ſome of it 5 very ſmall, and put it before the teſtimony in the tabernacle + of the congre- + Heb! gation, * where Iwill meet with thee : it ſhall be unto mes; you moſt holy. | * Clip
5 So much as 15 ſufficient for the daily incenſe.
37 And as fer the perfume which thou ſhalt make, ye (hall not make to your ſelves according to the compoſiti-
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on thereof; it ſhall be uato thee holy for the LORD. 28 Whoſloever
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Bezaleel and Aholia5 are call d for the work of the Tabernacle, 1-=-6, 7. The Table and Candleſticks, 8. The Alt, 9g. Hallowing of the: Sab. bath is commanded again, 1 2-====16, Moſes receiveth the two Tables 0
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AND the LORD fſpake unto Moſes, ſay- ing,
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| the ſon of Hur, 4 of the tribe of Judah.
| x He ſeems to be the ſame mentioned 1 Chron: 2: 20. :
| 2 And Thave filled him with the ſpirit of God 6, in
c wiſdom, and in underſtanding, and in knowledge,
| and in all manner. of workman'hip. | þ Which was now neceſſary,becauſe the 1/-aelites in Egypt wanted ingenious education to learn theſe things, and therefore needed in- ſpiration. © Or, with, the following clauſes being explicatory of the former, ſhewing what gifts of the Spirit God had filled him with, to wit, Wiſdom, Oc. : 4 To devite cunning works, ta work in gold, and
in ſilver, and in braſs, ; |
5 And incutting of ſtones to ſet them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanſhip,
6 And I, behold, I have given with him, Aholiab the ſon of Ahiſamach of the tribe of Dan : and in the hearts of all that are wiſe-hearted 41 have put wiſdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee :
d That have wiſdom and 5kill ſufficient to do theſe things under the inſpe&ion and direCtion of Bezalezl and A4holiab, the principal
'O' KEN, , | w— The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the teſtimony, and the mercy-fear that is thereupon; and all the + furniture of the cabernacle :
$ And the. tabls and his furaiture, and the pure | candleſftick e with all his furnicure, and the alcar of in- | cenle :
e So called by way of eminency, not only becauſe it was made of pure Gold, and was not defiled with Blood, for ſo ſome other things were, but eſpecially to mind the Prieſts of their Duty in keeping it neat and clean, it being more ſubjett to defilement rhan other things. ; : : :
9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furni-
ture, and the laver and his foot : 10 And * the clothes of ſervice f, and the holy gar- ments for Aaron the prieſt, and the garments of his
ſons, to miniſter in the prieſts office z f Wherein the Ark and other ſacred Urentils were wrapped up when they were to be removed. See Exod: 35: 19. and Name: 4.
1t And tae anointing oil, and F ſweer incerle for the holy place: according to all thac I have commanded thez ſhall chey do. _
12 J And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying,
13 Spzak thou alſo unto the chi:dren of [ſrael, fay- ing, Verily my ſabbaths ye ſhall keep g : for it z- aſign berween me and you þ throughout your generations, that ye mey know that I am the LOR D that doth landtihe you 7. . :