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☐ ch. 30. 1.

P ch. 27. 1.

fers, and his snuffdishes, of a crown of gold round
about.
pure gold.

24 Of a talent of pure
27 And he made two
gold made he it, and all rings of gold for it under
the vessels thereof.
the crown thereof, by the
25 ¶ And he made the two corners of it, upon the
incense altar of shittim two sides thereof, to be
wood: the length of it was places for the staves to bear
a cubit, and the breadth of it withal.

it a cubit; it was four- 28 And he made the
square; and two cubits was staves of shittim wood, and
the height of it; the horns overlaid them with gold.
thereof were of the same.

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34.

29 And he made the ch. 30. 23, 26 And he overlaid it holy anointing oil, and the with pure gold, both the top pure incense of sweet of it, and the sides thereof spices, according to the round about, and the horns work of the apothecary. of it also he made unto it

:

EXODUS XXXVIII. 1-22.

1 And Phe made the grate of brass, to be places
altar of burnt offering of for the staves.

shittim wood: five cubits 6 And he made the staves
was the length thereof, and of shittim wood, and over-
five cubits the breadth laid them with brass.
thereof; it was foursquare;
and three cubits the height
thereof.

2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass.

7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

8 And he made the 9 ch. 30. 18.
laver of brass, and the foot
of it of brass, of the look- Or, brasen
ing-glasses of the women

3 And he made all the
vessels of the altar, the assembling, which assem-
pots, and the shovels, and bled at the door of the
the basons, and the flesh- tabernacle of the congrega-
hooks, and the firepans: all
the vessels thereof made he
of brass.

tion.

9 court

glasses.

+Heb. assem

bling by
troops, as
1 Sam. 2. 22.

And he made the ch. 27. 9. on the south side

4 And he made for the southward the hangings of altar a brasen grate of net- the court were of fine twined work under the compass linen, an hundred cuthereof beneath unto the bits:

midst of it.

10 Their pillars were

5 And he cast four rings twenty, and their brasen for the four ends of the sockets twenty; the hooks

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of the pillars and their the pillars of the court were
fillets were of silver.
filleted with silver.
11 And for the north 18 And the hanging for
side the hangings were an the gate of the court was
hundred cubits, their pil- needlework, of blue, and
lars were twenty, and their
sockets of brass twenty;
the hooks of the pillars and
their fillets of silver.

purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen: and twenty
cubits was the length, and
the height in the breadth
12 And for the west side was five cubits, answerable
were hangings of fifty cubits, to the hangings of the
their pillars ten, and their court.

sockets ten; the hooks of 19 And their pillars were
the pillars and their fillets
of silver.

13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars

four, and their sockets of
brass four; their hooks of
silver, and the overlaying
of their chapiters and their
fillets of silver.

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20 And all the pins of ch. 27. 19. the tabernacle, and of the three, and their sockets court round about, were of three.

brass.

50, 53. & 9.

15 And for the other 21 This is the sum of side of the court gate, on the tabernacle, even of the Numb. 1. this hand and that hand, tabernacle of testimony, as 15. & 10. 11. were hangings of fifteen it was counted, according 18. 2. cubits; their pillars three, to the commandment of 2 Chron. 24. and their sockets three. Moses, for the service of Acts 7. 44.

& 17. 7, 8. &

6.

16 All the hangings of the Levites, "by the hand "Numb. 4. the court round about were of Ithamar, son to Aaron

of fine twined linen.

17 And the sockets for

the pillars were of brass;

the priest.

28, 33.

22 And Bezaleel the ch. 31.2, 6. son of Uri, the son of Hur, the hooks of the pillars and of the tribe of Judah, made their fillets of silver; and all that the LORD comthe overlaying of their manded Moses. chapiters of silver; and all

EXODUS XXXVIII. 23, TO THE END.

23 And with him was occupied for the work in Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, all the work of the holy of the tribe of Dan, an en- place, even the gold of the graver, and a cunning work- offering, was twenty and man, and an embroiderer in nine talents, and seven y blue, and in purple, and in hundred and thirty shekels, scarlet, and fine linen. after the shekel of the sanctuary.

24 All the gold that was

ch. 30. 13,

24. Lev. 5. 15. &

27. 3, 25.

Numb. 3. 47. & 18. 16.

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* ch. 30. 13, 15.

25 And the silver of 28 And of the thousand them that were numbered seven hundred seventy and of the congregation was five shekels he made hooks an hundred talents, and a for the pillars, and overlaid thousand seven hundred their chapiters, and filleted and threescore and fifteen them.

shekels, after the shekel of
the sanctuary:

26 A bekah for every + Heb. a poll, man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that

29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

30 And therewith he made the sockets to the

went to be numbered, from door of the tabernacle of
twenty years old and up- the congregation, and the

Numb. 1.46. Ward, for a six hundred brasen altar, and the bra-
thousand and three thou-
sand and five hundred and
fifty men.

ch. 26. 19, 21, 25, 32.

ch 35. 23.

sen grate for it, and all
the vessels of the altar,

31 And the sockets of 27 And of the hundred the court round about, and talents of silver were cast the sockets of the court the sockets of the sanc- gate, and all the pins of tuary, and the sockets of the tabernacle, and all the the vail; an hundred soc- pins of the court round kets of the hundred talents, about.

a talent for a socket.

EXODUS XXXIX. 1-21.

4 ch. 31. 10. & made a cloths of service, to

35. 19.

⚫ ch. 28. 4.

f ch. 28. 6.

1 And of the blue, and together: by the two edges
purple, and scarlet, they was it coupled together.
5 And the curious girdle
do service in the holy place, of his ephod, that was upon
and made the holy gar- it, was of the same, accord-
ments for Aaron; as the ing to the work thereof;
LORD commanded Moses. of gold, blue, and purple,
2 And he made the and scarlet, and fine twined
ephod of gold, blue, and linen; as the LORD com-
purple, and scarlet, and manded Moses.

fine twined linen.

e

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6 And they wrought 8 ch. 28. 9.
3 And they did beat the onyx stones inclosed in
gold into thin plates, and ouches of gold, graven, as
cut it into wires, to work signets are graven, with
it in the blue, and in the the names of the children
purple, and in the scarlet, of Israel.

and in the fine linen, with 7 And he put them on
cunning work.
the shoulders of the ephod,

4 They made shoulder- that they should be stones
pieces for it, to couple it for a memorial to the ch. 28. 12.

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i ch. 28. 15.

*ch. 28. 17, &c.

children of Israel; as the the ends, of wreathen work
LORD commanded Mo- of pure gold.

ses.

i

8 And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.

17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold

9 It was foursquare; in the two rings on the ends
they made the breastplate of the breastplate.
double: a span was the 18 And the two ends of
length thereof, and a span the two wreathen chains
the breadth thereof, being they fastened in the two
doubled.
ouches, and put them on
the shoulderpieces of the
ephod, before it.

10 And they set in it
four rows of stones: the
|| Or, ruby. first row was a || sardius, a
topaz, and a carbuncle:
this was the first row.
11 And the second row,
an emerald, a sapphire, and
a diamond.

12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.

13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.

19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious

14 And the stones were
according to the names of
the children of Israel,
twelve, according to their
names, like the engravings
of a signet, every one with girdle of the ephod, and
his name, according to the that the breastplate might
twelve tribes.
not be loosed from the
15 And they made upon ephod; as the LORD com-
the breastplate chains at manded Moses.

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SECTION CXXII. EXODUS XL.

(To be read on a Birthday, or on New Year's Day, or on the morning of Advent Sunday, when the Ecclesiastical year commences.)

TITLE.-The Christian believer will always regard his self-dedication to God, every Morning and Evening, to be both his best privilege, and his bounden duty: but there are peculiar times and seasons, when he will renew the vows of his covenant. The people are commanded to set up the tabernacle in the wilderness on the first day of the first month after their departure from Egypt. The altar of burnt-offering, and the brazen laver, are set up in the court of the Tabernacle, for sacrifice and washing. The golden altar of incense, the candlestick, and the table of the shewbread, are set up for fragrance, light, and food, in the Holy Place. The mercy seat, with the cherubim, is set up in the Holy of Holies. The union of all these in one sacred place represents the progress of the soul of man from earth, through the Church, to heaven, when the glory of the Lord shall be with man for ever.

INTRODUCTION.-Two very beautiful expressions are employed in the New Testament, to describe the sacredness of the human nature committed to our trust, as accountable and immortal beings. One is, "Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?" (1 Cor. vi. 19;) the other is, " As long as I am in this tabernacle" (1 Pet. i. 13). If, then, the human nature of man is compared to the temple and the tabernacle, it is evident that the same things which were appointed by Divine ordinance to be found in the temple and tabernacle ought, when spiritually considered, to be found in the human nature of Christians. As the tabernacle was commanded to be set up in the wilderness, and to be solemnly devoted and dedicated to God; so ought the human nature of the Christian, in the wilderness of this world, to be solemnly devoted and dedicated to God. As the tabernacle was not only set up in the wilderness on the first day of the first month after the departure of the people from Egypt, but also in the several stages of their journey through the wilderness; so also ought the human nature to be solemnly devoted and dedicated not only at our baptism to God, but in the various successive stages and journeys of the Christian on his way to the heavenly Canaan. The present Section relates the commands of God to Moses, to set up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month. This was done. Moses pitched in the wilderness the tabernacle, with its three several divisions, the Outer Court, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies; the types of the three divisions of the nature of man,-the body, the soul, and the spirit; all of which constitute the one accountable nature of man, and all of which are to be solemnly dedicated and set apart to the service of God (ver. 1). The first thing placed in the tabernacle was the ark, in which was the law covered with the veil, to denote that the first thing to be placed in the nature of man was that law; which can only be fully understood when the veil which separates God's presence from man is rent down at death; as it was typically rent, for a time, at