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| 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 2 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: |
By name Bezaleel – Signifies "shadow of the Almighty," a type of Christ. R4092:6*
The son of Uri – Signifies "light," the Light of the world. R4092:6*
The son of Hur – Meaning "grave," Christ humbled himself, even unto death. R4092:6*
The tribe of Judah – Meaning "praised"; Christ was praised in his pre-human existence. R4092:6*
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| 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, |
I have filled him – Fecundated their minds without affecting them in any moral sense. E175
In wisdom – See comments on Exodus 30:23, 24.
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| 4 to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in copper, |
To work in gold – Representing the divine nature. T18, T20; R4092:6*
And in silver – Symbol of truth. T114
Representing the spirit nature--Great Company. R4092:6*, R4745:6
And in brass – Copper, symbol of perfect human nature. T18, R4092:6*
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| 5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. |
Cutting of stones – The polishing of the Lord's jewels. R4092:6*
To set them – As the Father pleases. R4093:1*
Carving of timber – The fallen human race. R4093:1*
Of workmanship – As restitution will produce for the race. R4093:1*
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| 6 And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: |
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| 7 the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent, |
And the ark – It represented the eternal purpose of God for mankind in The Christ, Head and Body. T121
The mercy seat – The Mercy Seat, glory-light and cherubim together represented Jehovah God. T123
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| 8 and the table and its vessels, and the pure lampstand with all its vessels, and the altar of incense, |
And the table – Representing the Church as a whole, holding forth the word of life. T115; R5418:5
The pure candlestick – Representing the entire Church, the true lightbearers. T116
Representing the light of God's truth. R5621:6, R5418:5
The altar of incense – The Golden altar in the Holy represents the Church in the sacrificing condition. T120
Representing the privileges of worship and prayer. R5418:5
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| 9 and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base, |
And the altar – Representing Christ's ransom sacrifice. T22
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| 10 and the finely wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, |
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| 11 and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. |
And the anointing oil – Typifying the holy Spirit. T29, T37, T116; D650; R5654:5
And sweet incense – Representing the perfection of the man Jesus. When he came in contact with the trials of life (fire), he yielded perfect obedience to the divine will-a sweet perfume. T56, T120
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| 12 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Truly ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. |
Verily my sabbaths – Type of the Millennial age. B40
Doth sanctify you – As the Lord said to the typical Israelites, "sanctify ourselves" and "I will sanctify you," so also he directs the spiritual Israelite to consecrate himself, and only to those who so do does the Lord sanctify and apportion crowns. F123
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| 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. |
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| 15 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah; whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. |
The sabbath of rest – The Jews kept six kinds of sabbaths: the 7th day (Exod. 31:15); the 7th week (Deut. 16:9 7th month (Lev. 23:24); the HG56:1
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| 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. |
A perpetual covenant – Olam, age-lasting. Used elsewhere of the harvest offering (Lev. 23:14); the Pentecostal sacrificFeast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:41). HG582:2*
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| 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. |
It is a sign – The seal or mark of our covenant is wholly different. It is the possession of the spirit of Christ. R2032:3
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| 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. |
Two tables of testimony – Perhaps representing the two parts of God's Law: one pertaining to us and the other to our fellow men-loving God and loving neighbor. Q704:1
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