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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Exodus 27 This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Exodus 27:1, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Exodus 27:9 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Exodus...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shall make an altar of shittim wood,.... This is a different altar from that made of earth before the tabernacle was built, Exodus 20:24 and from the altar of incense, Exodus 30:1 this was to offer burnt offerings on, and was placed at the door of the tabernacle, in the court of the people, where they brought their sacrifices to the...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter directions are given, I. Concerning the brazen altar for burnt-offerings, ver. 1-8. II. Concerning the court of the tabernacle, with the hangings of it, ver. 9-19. III. Concerning oil for the lamp, ver. 20, 21. The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. (b. c. 1491.) 1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof,.... Which were either for ornament, or for keeping what was laid upon the altar from falling off, or for the fastening of the sacrifice to them, and were what criminals fled to for refuge, and laid hold on; and may denote the power of Christ, who is the horn of salvation to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shall make his pans to receive his ashes,.... Not to receive them in as they fell, but to gather them up in, and carry them away; and this was done every morning about cockcrowing, not much sooner nor later (c): and his shovels; to throw up the ashes together to be put into the pans; Jarchi describes this vessel to be like the cover of a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shalt, make for it a grate of network of brass,.... Or "sieve", as in Amos 9:9, it was a plate of brass with holes in it, to let through either the blood that drained from the parts of the sacrifice, or the ashes of it; for this was the focus or hearth, on which the sacrifice and the wood were laid and burnt: this, according to the Targum...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath,.... That is, the grate was to be put within the square compass of the altar, in the hollow part of it, for the wood and sacrifice to be laid upon it: that the net may be even to the midst of the altar; and as the altar was three cubits high, this net or grate was let down by chains to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood,.... Like those that were made for the ark, and for the same purpose: and overlay them with brass; with plates of brass, whereas those for the ark were overlaid with gold.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the staves shall be put into the rings,.... Not into the rings of the grate, as Jarchi and others: though Dr. Lightfoot (f) thinks these came out of each corner through the altar frame, and hung out of the frame, and in these the staves being put, made the frame and the grate sure together, and so they were also carried together; but it seems...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it,.... The frame of it being made of boards of shittim wood, there was nothing within side but the grate, which was put within the square, down into the middle of it, and so was light of carriage; though the Targum of Jonathan, and other Jewish writers, represent this hollow as filled up with dust and earth, to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward,.... This was a large court yard to the house of God, or tabernacle, which stood in it at the upper end of it; it was enclosed, but open to the air; and in it, between the entrance into it and the holy place, stood the altar of burnt offering before described, and on one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of brass],.... On these pillars the hangings, rails, or curtains were set, and they were for one side, the south side, in number twenty; and so must stand five cubits, or two yards and a half or more, distant from each other, since the length of the hangings were one hundred cubits:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits long,.... The north and south sides of this court being equal, the same length of hangings were for the one as the other; and his twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets of brass; there went on this side the same number of pillars and sockets, and of the same...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And for the breadth of the court, on the west side,.... On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies: shall be hangings of fifty cubits: or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; which was a number proportionate to the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward,.... Which was the entrance into it: shall be fifty cubits; the east end and west end were of the same measure.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The hangings of one side of the gate,.... Or entrance into the court: shall be fifteen cubits; or seven yards and a half: their pillars three, and their sockets three; and so stood at the same distance from one another as the rest of the pillars did, the distance of five cubits.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And on the other side [shall be] hangings fifteen cubits,.... On the other side of the gate, or entrance into the court, on the northeast side, as the other may be supposed to be the southeast side, there was the same length of hangings: their pillars three, and their sockets three; the same as on the other side of the gate.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,.... Which, with the fifteen on each side, make the fifty cubits, the breadth of the court eastward, Exodus 27:13, this hanging was better than the rest, much finer and richer; for it was of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle work: and was of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver,.... This is observed, because only mention is made before of the pillars that were on the south and north sides of the court, as filleted with silver; but inasmuch as those at both ends, east and west, were to be so likewise, this is added: their hooks [shall be of] silver, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits,.... And as may be concluded from the length of the hangings on each side: and the breadth fifty everywhere; at both ends, and was the breadth of the hangings there, and which all around made the court: and the height five cubits; or two yards and a half, and somewhat more; it was but half the...