Exo 26:1-30 | TSK | e4.org | the tabernacle with ten curtains The word mishcan , from shachan , to dwell, means simply a dwelling-place, or habitation. "When God had brought the children of Israel out of Egypt," says the very learned Dr. Cudworth, "resolving to manifest himself in a peculiar manner present among them, he thought good to dwell amongst them in a visible and external manner; and therefore, while they were in the wilderness, and sojourned in tents, he would have a tent or tabernacle built, to sojourn with them also. - Now, the tabernacle being thus a house for God to dwell in visibly, to make up the notion of dwelling or habitation complete, there must be all things suitable to a house belonging to it. Hence, in the holy place, there must be a table and a candlestick, because these were the ordinary furniture of a room. The table must have its dishes, and spoons, and bowls, and covers, belonging to it, though they were never used; and always be furnished with bread upon it. The candlestick must have its lamps continually burning, etc." , , , ; , ; , ; ; , ; fine twined linen , , , ; cherubims cunning work Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or embroiderer

‏ Exodus 26:1-30

the tabernacle with ten curtains The word mishcan, from shachan, to dwell, means simply a dwelling-place, or habitation. "When God had brought the children of Israel out of Egypt," says the very learned Dr. Cudworth, "resolving to manifest himself in a peculiar manner present among them, he thought good to dwell amongst them in a visible and external manner; and therefore, while they were in the wilderness, and sojourned in tents, he would have a tent or tabernacle built, to sojourn with them also. - Now, the tabernacle being thus a house for God to dwell in visibly, to make up the notion of dwelling or habitation complete, there must be all things suitable to a house belonging to it. Hence, in the holy place, there must be a table and a candlestick, because these were the ordinary furniture of a room. The table must have its dishes, and spoons, and bowls, and covers, belonging to it, though they were never used; and always be furnished with bread upon it. The candlestick must have its lamps continually burning, etc." Exod 25:8, Exod 36:8-19, Exod 40:2, Exod 40:17-19; 1Chr 17:1, 1Chr 21:29; John 1:14, John 2:21; Heb 8:2; Heb 9:9, Heb 9:23-24; Rev 21:3

fine twined linen Exod 26:36, Exod 25:4, Exod 35:6, Exod 35:35; Rev 19:8

cherubims Exod 25:18

cunning work Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or embroiderer

curtain Exod 26:7-8; Num 4:25; 2Sam 7:2; 1Chr 17:1

coupled together Exod 26:9, Exod 36:10; John 17:21; 1Cor 12:4, 1Cor 12:12-27; Eph 2:21-22, Eph 4:3-6, Eph 4:16; Col 2:2, Col 2:19

loops of blue Exod 26:5, Exod 26:10-11, Exod 36:11-12, Exod 36:17

taches of gold Exod 26:11, Exod 26:33, Exod 35:11, Exod 36:13, Exod 36:18, Exod 39:33

one tabernacle Eph 1:22-23, Eph 4:16; 1Pet 2:4-5

curtains Exod 35:26, Exod 36:14-18; Num 4:25; Ps 45:13; 1Pet 3:4, 1Pet 5:5

goats' hair Izzim, goats, but used here elliptically for goats' hair. In different parts of Asia Minor, Syria, Cilicia, and Phrygia, the goats have long, fine, and beautiful hair; in some cases, almost as fine as silk, which is shorn at proper times, and manufactured into garments. Exod 25:4, Exod 35:6, Exod 35:23; Num 31:20

a Exod 26:14; Isa 4:5

eleven Exod 26:1, Exod 26:9, Exod 26:12

length of one curtain Exod 26:2, Exod 26:13

five curtains by themselves Exod 26:3

fifty loops Exod 26:4-6

tent or, covering, Exod 26:3, Exod 26:6

shall hang over Exod 26:9

a cubit Exod 26:2, Exod 26:8

of that which remaineth Heb. in the remainder or surplusage

a covering Exod 36:19; Num 4:5; Ps 27:5, Ps 121:4-5; Isa 4:6, Isa 25:4

rams' skins dyed red Oroth ailim meoddamim, literally, the skins of red rams. It is a fact, attested by many respectable travellers, that in the Levant, sheep are often met with having red or violet coloured fleeces. Almost all ancient writers speak of the same thing. Exod 25:5, Exod 35:7, Exod 35:23, Exod 39:34; Num 4:10; Ezek 16:10

badgers' skins Oroth techashim, which nearly all the ancient versions have taken to be the name of a colour, though they differ very much with regard to the particular colour intended: the LXX, Vulgate, and Coptic, have skins dyed of a violet colour; the Syriac, azure; and the Arabic, black; and Bochart contends for the hysginus, a very deep blue. It may, however, denote an animal; for Dr. Geddes remarks, had the sacred writer meant to express only a variety of colour, he would hardly have repeated oroth, skins, after meoddamim, red, in Exod 25:5.

boards Exod 26:18, Exod 26:22-29, Exod 36:20-33, Exod 40:17-18; Num 4:31-32; Eph 2:20-21

of shittim Exod 25:5

tenons Heb. hands, Exod 26:19, Exod 36:22, Exod 36:24

forty sockets of silver Exod 26:25, Exod 26:37, Exod 27:10, Exod 27:12-18, Exod 36:24-26, Exod 38:27, Exod 38:30-31, Exod 40:18; Num 3:36; Num 4:31-32; Song 5:15

two sockets under one board Exod 26:19

corners H4742, Exod 36:28

be coupled Heb. twined

and they shall be coupled together above Exod 36:29-30; Ps 133:1-3; 1Cor 1:10, 1Cor 3:16; 1Pet 2:5

bars of shittim wood Exod 36:31-38; Num 3:36, Num 4:31; Rom 15:1; 1Cor 9:19-20; Gal 6:1-2; Eph 4:16; Col 2:19

reach lit, flee, 1Chr 12:15; Neh 13:28; Job 41:28; Prov 19:26

overlay the boards with gold Exod 25:11-12

rear up the tabernacle Exod 40:2, Exod 40:17-18; Num 10:21; Josh 18:1; Heb 8:2

according to the fashion Exod 25:9, Exod 25:40, Exod 27:8; Acts 7:44; Heb 8:5, Heb 9:23