(KJV) Exodus 381
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⥃The Bronze Altar [ Exodus 27:1–8 ]
[1] And he made the altar2 of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof3. [2] And he made4 the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass5. [3] And he made6 all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, [and] the fleshhooks7, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he [of] brass. [4] And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. [5] And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate8 of brass, [to be] places for the staves. [6] And he made the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.9 [7] And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal10; he made the altar hollow with boards.
⥃The Bronze Basin [ Exodus 30:17–21 ]
[8] [¶]And he made the laver11 [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the lookingglasses of [the women] assembling12, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
⥃The Courtyard [ Exodus 27:9–19 ]
[9] And he made the court13: on the south side southward the hangings of the court [were of] fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: [10] Their pillars [were] twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [were of] silver. [11] And for the north side [the hangings were] an hundred cubits, their pillars [were] twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver. [12] And for the west side [were] hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver. [13] And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. [14] The hangings14 of the one side [of the gate were] fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. [15] And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, [were] hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. [16] All the hangings of the court round about [were] of fine twined linen. [17] And the sockets for the pillars [were of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters [of] silver; and all the pillars of the court [were] filleted with silver. [18] And the hanging for the gate of the court [was] needlework15, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits [was] the length, and the height in the breadth [was] five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. [19] And their pillars [were] four, and their sockets [of] brass four; their hooks [of] silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets [of] silver. [20] And all the pins16 of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, [were of] brass.
⥃An Inventory of Materials [ Ezra 2:68–70 † Nehemiah 7:70–73 ]
[21] This is the sum of the tabernacle, [even] of the tabernacle of testimony17, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, [for] the service of the Levites, by the hand18 of Ithamar19, son to Aaron the priest.20212223242526 [22] And Bezaleel27 the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord28 commanded Moses. [23] And with him [was] Aholiab29, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning30 workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. [24] All the gold31 that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy [place], even the gold of the offering32, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel33 of the sanctuary.343536 [25] And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation [was] an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: [26] A bekah37 for every man38, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred39 thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men]. [27] And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets40 of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. [28] And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five [shekels] he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them41. [29] And the brass of the offering [was] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. [30] And therewith he made the sockets42 to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, [31] And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.
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Exod 38:1, The altar of burnt offering; Exod 38:8, The laver of brass; Exod 38:9, The court, and its hangings; Exod 38:21, The sum of what the people offered, and the use to which it was applied. ↩
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This altar consisted of four boards of shittim (acacia) wood, covered with brass, and hollow in the middle; but it is supposed to have been filled up with earth when used, for it is expressly said (Exod 20:24) that the altar is to be of earth. As it was five cubits long and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, if the cubit be reckoned at 21 inches, it must have been eight feet nine inches square, and about five feet three inches in height. Exod 27:1-8, Exod 40:6, Exod 40:29; 2Chr 4:1; Ezek 43:13-17; Rom 8:3-4, Rom 12:1; Heb 3:1; Heb 9:14, Heb 13:10; 1Pet 2:5 ↩
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Exod 30:18-21, Exod 40:7, Exod 40:30-32; 1Kgs 7:23-26, 1Kgs 7:38; Ps 26:6; Zech 13:1; John 13:10; Titus 3:5-6; Heb 9:10; 1John 3:7; Rev 1:5, looking glasses, or, brazen glasses, The word maroth, from raah, to see, denotes reflectors, or mirrors, of any kind. That these could not have been looking glasses, as in our translation, is sufficiently evident, not only from the glass not being then in use, but also from the impossibility of making the brazen laver of such materials. The first mirrors known among men, were the clear fountain and unruffled lake. The first artificial ones were made of polished brass, afterwards of steel, and when luxury increased, of silver; but at a very early period, they were made of a mixed metal, particularly of tin and copper, the best of which, as Pliny informs us, were formerly manufactured at Brundusium. When the Egyptians went to their temples, according to St. Cyril, they always carried their mirrors with them. The Israelitish women probably did the same; and Dr. Shaw says, that looking-glasses are still part of the dress of Moorish women, who carry them constantly hung at their breasts. ↩
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Heb. assembling by troops, It is supposed that these women kept watch during the night. Among the ancients, women were generally employed as door-keepers. See note on 1Sam 2:22. Prov 8:34; Matt 26:69; Luke 2:37; John 18:16; 1Tim 5:5 ↩
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Exod 27:9-19, Exod 40:8, Exod 40:33; 1Kgs 6:36; Ps 84:2, Ps 84:10, Ps 89:7, Ps 92:13, Ps 100:4 ↩
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Exod 27:19; 2Chr 3:9; Ezra 9:8; Eccl 12:11; Isa 22:23, Isa 33:20; Eph 2:21-22; Col 2:19 ↩
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Exod 25:16, Exod 26:33, Exod 40:3; Num 1:50, Num 1:53, Num 9:15, Num 10:11, Num 17:7-8, Num 18:2; 2Chr 24:6; Acts 7:44; Rev 11:19; The word tabernacle is used in many different senses, and signifies: ↩
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- The true church militant - Ps 15:1
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- The token of God's gracious presence - Rev 21:3
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Exod 31:1-5, Exod 35:30-35, Exod 36:1-3; The supernatural qualifications of Bezaleel and Aholiab proved their divine appointment; yet they had an express nomination to their work. They were also miraculously qualified to instruct their assistants, as well as to superintend them. Christ alone builds the Temple of the Lord, and bears the glory; but ministers and private Christians, under his direction and by his grace, may be fellow-workers together with him. They who, in mean employments, are diligent and humbly contented, are equally acceptable with those who are engaged in more splendid services. The women who spun the goats' hair were wise-hearted, as well as the persons who presided over the work of the tabernacle, or as Aaron, who burnt incense there, because they did it heartily unto the Lord. Our wisdom and duty consist in giving God the glory and use of our talents, be they more or less; neither abusing nor burying them, but occupying with them until our Lord shall come; being satisfied that it is better to be a door-keeper in his service, than the most mighty and renowned of the ungodly. - Scott. ↩
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If we follow the estimation of the learned Dean Prideaux, the value of the twenty-nine talents, and 730 shekels of gold, will be 198,347£. 12s. 6d. The value of the silver contributed by 603,550; Israelites, at half a shekel, or 1s. 6d. per man, will amount to 45,266£. 5s. The value of the 70 talents, 2,400 shekels of brass, will be 513£. 17s. The gold weighed 4,245 pounds; the silver, 14,603 pounds; and the brass, 10,277 pounds, troy weight. The total value of all the gold, silver, and brass, will consequently amount to 244,127£. 14s. 6d.; and the total weight of these three metals will amount to 29,124 pounds troy, which reduced to avoirdupois weight, is equal to fourteen tons, 226 pounds! - It may, perhaps, seem difficult to imagine how the Israelites should be possessed of so much wealth in the desert; but it should be remembered, that their ancestors were opulent men before they came into Egypt; that they were further enriched by the spoils of the Egyptians and Amalekites; and that it is probable, they traded with the neighbouring nations who bordered on the wilderness. There appear to be three reasons why so much riches should have been employed in the construction of the tabernacle, etc. ↩
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Exod 30:13-14, Exod 30:24; Lev 5:15, Lev 27:3, Lev 27:25; Num 3:47, Num 18:16 ↩
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- To impress the people's minds with the glory and dignity of the Divine Majesty, and the importance of his service.
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- To take out of their hands the occasion of covetousness.
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- To prevent pride and vain glory, by leading them to give up to the divine service even the ornaments of their persons. 1Chr 22:14-16, 1Chr 29:2-7; Hag 2:8