Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs, Biblical commentary 2 · Chapter 36
CHAP. XXXVI.
1, The offrings are delivered to the workemen. 5, The people bringing more then enough for the worke, are restrained. 8, The making of the embroidered curtaines with Cherubims; 14, The curtaines of goats hayre. 19, The coverings of Rams skinnes and Tachash skinnes. 20, The boards, with their sockets. 31, The barres. 35, The Veile. 37, The hanging for the doore.
THen did Bezaleel, and Aholiah, and every wise hearted man; they to whom Iehovah gave wisedome and understanding, to know to doe, all the work for the service of the Sanctuary: according to all, that Iehovah had commanded. And Moses called Bezaleel, and Aholiab; and every wise hearted man, in whose heart Iehovah had given wisedome: even every-one whose heart stirred him up; to come-neere unto the worke, to doe it. And they tooke from before Moses, all the offring which the sonnes of Israel had brought, for the worke of the service of the Sanctuary, to make it: and they, brought yet unto him, a willingoffring every morning. And all the wise men that made all the worke of the Sanctuary, came; every man from his worke which they made. And they said unto Moses, saying; The people bring much: more then enough for the service of the worke, which Iehovah commanded to make. And Moses commanded; and they caused a voice to passe throughout the campe, saying; Let neither man nor woman, make any-more worke, for the offring of the Sanctuary: and the people were restrained, from bringing. And the worke was enough for them, for all the worke to make the same: and to be overplus.
Then made they, even every wise hearted among them that did the worke; the Tabernacle, of ten curtaines: of fine-linnen twined, and blew, and purple, and scarlet; with Cherubims, the worke of a cunning workman, made he them. The length of one curtaine, was eight and twenty cubits; and the bredth, foure cubits, of one curtaine: one measure was for all the curtaines. And hee coupled-together five curtaines, one to another: and five curtaines he coupled-together, one to another. And he made loops, of blew; upon the edge of the one curtaine, from the selvedge, in the coupling: likewise he made in the utmost edge of the curtaine, in the second coupling. Fifty loopes, made hee, in the one curtaine; and fifty loopes, made he, in the selvedge of the curtaine, which was in the second coupling, the loops being one right over against another. And he made fifty taches of gold: and coupled-together the curtaines, one to another, with the taches; and it was one Tabernacle.
And he made curtaines of Goates hayre, for a Tent, over the Tabernacle: eleven curtaines, he made them. The length of one curtaine, was thirty cubits; and foure cubits the bredth of one curtaine: one measure, was for the eleven curtaines. And hee coupled-together five curtaines by themselves: and sixe curtaines, by themselves. And hee made fifty loopes, on the edge of the (one) curtaine, the outmost in the coupling: and fifty loopes, made hee, on the edge of the curtaine, of the second coupling. And hee made, fifty taches of brasse: to couple-together the Tent, for to be one. And he made a covering, for the Tent; of Rammes skins dyed-red: and a covering of Tachash skins above. And he made boards for the Tabernacle: of Shittim wood, standing-up. Ten cubits was the length of a board: and a cubit and halfe a cubit, the bredth of one board. Two Tenons, for one board; set in order, one against another: so did he make for all the boards of the Tabernacle. And he made the boards for the Tabernacle: twenty boards for the South side, southward. And forty sockets of silver, hee made, under the twenty boards: two sockets under one board, for his two tenons; and two sockets under another board, for his two tenons. And for the second side of the Tabernacle, on the North side: he made twenty boards. And their forty sockets of silver: two sockets under one board; and two sockets under another board. And for the sides of the Tabernacle, seaward: hee made sixe boards. And two boards made he, for the corners of the Tabernacle: in the two sides. And they were equally joyned beneath; and likewise they were perfectly-joyned, at the head of it, unto one ring: so did he for them both; for the two corners. And they were eight boards; and their sockets of silver; sixteone sockets: two sockets two sockets, under one board. And he made bars of Shittim wood: five, for the boards of the one side of the Tabernacle. And five barres for the boards of the second side of the Tabernacle: and five barres, for the boards of the Tabernacle, for the two-sides Seaward. And hee made the middle bar; to reach, in the midst of the boards, from end to end. And hee overlayd the boards with gold, & made their rings, of gold, places for the bars: and overlaid the bars with gold. And he made a veile; of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine-linnen twined: the work of a cunning-workman, made he it, with Cherubims. And he made thereunto, foure pillars of Shittim, and overlayd them with gold; their hookes were of gold: and he cast for them, foure sockets of silver. And he made an hanging-veile, for the doore of the Tent; of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine-linnen twined: the worke of the embroiderer. And the five pillars of it, and their hookes; and he overlayd their chapiters, and their fillets with gold: and their five sockets were of brasse.
Annotations.
THen did] or, Then made Bezaleel, &c. that is, began to doe, or to worke. Some referre this to the end of the former Chapter, and translate, And Bezaleel shall doe, &c. which interpretation the Hebrew well beareth. But the Greeke translateth, And Beseleel did.
Vers. 2. And Moses] or, For Moses had called, As they had gifts of wisedome from God, so were they also to have a calling unto the worke: as Aaron had unto the priesthood, Lev. 8. Heb. 54.
Vers. 3. they tooke from before Moses] so the Chaldee also translates it: the Greeke, they received of Moses. every morning] Hebr. in the morning in the morning. So in v. 4. man man, that is, every man. This noteth their zeale and diligence: for so the morning often signifieth, Psal. 5. 4. and 101. 8. Esay 50. 4. Ier. 21. 12.
Vers. 4. wise] that is, skilfull men. In this sense Paul useth the word wise, in 1 Cor. 3. 10. from his worke] or, as the Greeke translateth, according to his worke, for so the Hebrew phrase sometime signifieth, as in Ezek. 7. 27.
Vers. 6. a voice] that is, a proclamation: the Chaldee saith, a cryer; and the Greeke, he cryed (or proclaimed.) make any more worke] that is, make ready any more stuffe to worke with. So in the verse following.
Vers. 7. the worke] that is, the stuffe for the work: as vers. 6. to be overplus] or, to remaine over: that is, too much. Thus the people shewed their ready obedience unto that part of the Law, which consisted in outward ordinances of service, and for the making of a worldly Sanctuary, (as the Apostle calleth it, Heb. 9. 1.) whereas in the former Law, which God had himselfe spoken from heaven they had shewed their headstrong disobedience. Exodus 32.
Vers. 8. the Tabernacle] or Habitacle: see the notes on Exod. 26. 1. &c. This is first made (though in the commanding of these things, the Arke, Table, and Candlesticke were first mentioned, Exod. 25) because it was to receive and containe those holy things, which might not stand without their Te… or Habitation, 1 Chron. 15. 1. and 16. 1.
Vers. 9. cubits] or by the cubit, which is a foot and an halfe; see Exod. 26. 2.
Vers. 10 to another] Hebr. to one, meaning to the fellow of i…, called the sister, in Exod. 26. 3.
Vers. 11. edge] Hebr. lip, so Exod. 26. 4.
Vers. 12. being one right-over] or or receiving one to another: the Greeke hath, opposite one to another: see Exod. 26. 5.
Vers 17. one curtaine] the word one (supplyed also in the Greeke) is expressed in Exod. 26. 10.
Vers. 18. for to be] or, that it might be: the Greeke saith, and it was one. See Exod. 26. 11.
Vers. 20. boards] in Greek, the pillars of the Tabonacle. See Exod. 26. 15. &c.
Vers. 27. Seaward] the Greeke interpreteth, the part toward the Sea, that is, as the Chaldee translateth, the West: so Exod. 26. 22.
Vers. 29. equally joyned] or, joyned-as-two-tw… see Exod. 26. 24.
Vers. 30. under one] or under every board; which the Greeke explaineth thus, two sockets for one pil…, and two sockets for another pillar; and so the Hebre… was, in Exod. 26. 25.
Vers. 32. of the Tabernacle] in Exod. 26. 27. it is of the side of the Tabernacle; and so the Greeke h… saith, of the backeside of the Tabernacle.
Vers. 35. cunning workman] in Greeke, wovenworke. It meaneth woven both sides alike, see Exod. 26. 31.
Vers. 37. embroiderer] or, weaver with tinsel work. See Exod. 26. 36.
Vers. 38. their chapiters] Hebr. their heads, or tops. In Exod. 26. 37. it was commanded to overlay them, having spoken of the pillars. fillets] or, hoops, see Exod. 27. 10.