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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Exodus 35 This chapter begins with a renewal of the command of the sabbath, Exodus 35:1 and contains an order for a freewill offering to be brought for the service of the sanctuary, and specifies the things to be brought, and for what uses, Exodus 35:4 to which there was a ready compliance, and men and women, princes and the common...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together,.... According to Jarchi, on the morrow after the day of atonement; that is, the next day after his descent from the mount, being desirous of setting about the building of the tabernacle, and making all things appertaining to it as soon as possible; which had been retarded...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
What should have been said and done upon Moses' coming down the first time from the mount, if the golden calf had not broken the measures and put all into disorder, now at last, when with great difficulty reconciliation was made, begins to be said and done; and that great affair of the setting up of God's worship is put into its former channel...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Six days shall work be done,.... Or "may be done" (u); everyone might do what work he pleased, or the business of his calling, on the six days of the weeks; he had liberty granted him of God, and might make use of it for the advantage of himself and his family; unless this can be thought to have a peculiar respect, as this repetition and renewal...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. This law seems to be a temporary one, and not to be continued, nor is it said to be throughout their generations as elsewhere, where the law of the sabbath is given or repeated; it is to be restrained to the building of the tabernacle, and while that was about, to which it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,.... Continued his speech to them, being convened by him, after by way of preface he had repeated the law of the sabbath, with an additional circumstance to it, "pro tempore": saying, this is the thing which the Lord commanded; ordered Moses to inform them of as his will, when he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 5-9. Take ye from amongst you an offering unto the Lord,.... That is, they were to take a part of their substance, of what they were possessed of, every man according to his ability, out of what he had in his hand that was suitable, and present it as a freewill offering to the Lord, for the use of the tabernacle to be built, and the service...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Exodus 35:5].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Exodus 35:5].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Exodus 35:5].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Exodus 35:5].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And every wise hearted among you shall come,.... Every ingenious man, that is skilful in any mechanic art and business, who has a peculiar turn of mind, and employs his thoughts to improve, in a curious manner, in whatsoever manufactory he is concerned, every such an one is invited by Moses to come to him: and make all the Lord hath commanded, the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The tabernacle,.... Which is not a general name for the whole, the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies; but designs the ten fine linen curtains curiously wrought; or the under curtains, as Jarchi expresses it, which were within: his tent; the curtains of goats' hair, which were a covering over the others, and were made for a roof of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The ark and the staves thereof,.... To carry it with, which were all made of shittim wood: [with] the mercy seat; made of pure gold; these were set in the most holy place: and the vail of the covering; which divided between the holy and the holy of holies; of these see Exodus 25:10.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The table and his staves, and all his vessels,.... The table of shewbread, and all things appertaining to it: and the shewbread; which is mentioned for the sake of the table, and to show what was intended, and the use of it; for otherwise the shewbread was not yet to be made, nor by the artificers here called together; and is to be interpreted of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture,.... The tongs and snuff dishes: and his lamps, with the oil for the light; the cups, in which were put the oil and the wicks to burn and give light, as Jarchi interprets them; of these see Exodus 25:31.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the incense altar, and his staves,.... Which were overlaid with gold; hence this altar was called the golden altar, of which see Exodus 30:1 and the anointing oil and sweet incense; each of which were made of various spices, see Exodus 30:23 and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle; at the east end of it, there being...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The altar of burnt offering with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels,.... Of which see Exodus 27:1 the laver and his foot; Aben Ezra here observes that it had no staves, and conjectures it was carried in wagons when removed.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The hangings of the court,.... Of the tabernacle, the outward court, which were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits long on each side, north and south, and fifty cubits broad, east and west; see Exodus 27:9 his pillars, and their sockets; the pillars were they on which the hangings were hung; and the sockets were what the pillars were let into...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The pins of the tabernacle,.... Which were to fix and fasten the ends of the curtains in the ground, that they might not be moved with the wind, as Jarchi observes: and the pins of the court, and their cords; which were for the same use; see Exodus 27:19.