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| 1 'And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; [with] cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them; |
With ten curtains – Evidently forming the ceiling, and hanging down each side within the Tabernacle. R100:2*
Fine twined linen – Symbol of righteousness. T29, T30, T36
And blue – Symbol of faithfulness. T30
And purple – Symbol of royalty. T34
And scarlet – Symbol of the blood of the ransom. T34, T109
With cherubims – Symbol of divine love and power. T125
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| 2 the length of the one curtain [is] eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit, one measure [is] to all the curtains; |
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| 3 five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another. |
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| 4 'And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second. |
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| 5 fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which [is] in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another; |
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| 6 and thou hast made fifty hooks of gold, and hast joined the curtains one to another by the hooks, and the tabernacle hath been one. |
Taches of gold – Representing the divine nature. T18, T20
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| 7 'And thou hast made curtains of goats' [hair], for a tent over the tabernacle; thou dost make eleven curtains: |
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| 8 the length of the one curtain [is] thirty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit; one measure [is] to the eleven curtains; |
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| 9 and thou hast joined the five curtains apart, and the six curtains apart, and hast doubled the six curtains over-against the front of the tent. |
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| 10 'And thou hast made fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second; |
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| 11 and thou hast made fifty hooks of brass, and hast brought in the hooks into the loops, and hast joined the tent, and it hath been one. |
Taches of brass – Copper, symbol of perfect human nature. T18
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| 12 'And the superfluity in the curtains of the tent the half of the curtain which is superfluous hath spread over the hinder part of the tabernacle; |
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| 13 and the cubit on this side, and the cubit on that, in the superfluity in the length of the curtains of the tent, is spread out over the sides of the tabernacle, on this and on that, to cover it; |
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| 14 and thou hast made a covering for the tent, of rams' skins made red, and a covering of badgers' skins above. |
Of badgers' skins – As God covered the Tabernacle with unsightly skins, so the glories and beauties of spiritual things are seen only by the "Royal Priesthood." T127
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| 15 'And thou hast made the boards for the tabernacle, of shittim wood, standing up; |
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| 16 ten cubits [is] the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of the one board; |
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| 17 two handles [are] to the one board, joined one unto another; so thou dost make for all the boards of the tabernacle; |
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| 18 and thou hast made the boards of the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side southward; |
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| 19 and forty sockets of silver thou dost make under the twenty boards, two sockets under the one board for its two handles, and two sockets under the other board for its two handles. |
Of silver – Symbol of truth. T114
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| 20 'And for the second side of the tabernacle, for the north side, [are] twenty boards, |
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| 21 and their forty sockets of silver, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board. |
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| 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward, thou dost make six boards. |
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| 23 And two boards thou dost make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. |
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| 24 And they are pairs beneath, and together they are pairs above its head unto the one ring; so is it for them both, they are for the two corners. |
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| 25 And they have been eight boards, and their sockets of silver [are] sixteen sockets, two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under another board. |
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| 26 'And thou hast made bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, |
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| 27 and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle at the two sides, westward; |
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| 28 and one hath caused the middle bar in the midst of the boards to reach from end unto end; |
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| 29 and the boards thou dost overlay [with] gold, and their rings thou dost make of gold places for bars, and hast overlaid their bars with gold; |
Boards with gold – Showing that all within the Holy and Most Holy pertain to the divine nature. R1944:1
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| 30 and thou hast raised up the tabernacle according to its fashion which thou hast been shewn in the mount. |
Which was shewed thee – Moses thus attributes the origin of the Mosaic Law to God, not to himself. A54
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| 31 'And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it [with] cherubs; |
Shalt make a veil – The passing of the second veil represented the death of the human body. T21
Of blue – Symbol of faithfulness. T30
And purple – Symbol of royalty. T34
And scarlet – Symbol of the blood of the ransom. T34, T109
Fine twined linen – Symbol of righteousness. T29, T30, T36
With cherubims – Symbol of divine love and power. T125
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| 32 and thou hast put it on four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, on four sockets of silver. |
Shall be of gold – Representing the divine nature. T18, T20
Sockets of silver – Reality, truth, verity; seeming to say that inside this veil you will be perfect, really and truly New Creatures. T115
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| 33 'And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies. |
The ark – It represented the eternal purpose of God for mankind in The Christ, Head and Body. T121
The holy – Representing the condition of all those who as justified believers have consecrated to death. T19
Only the priests will be in the Holy. Only the Levites will be in the Court. The Great Company is represented by "silver" in contradistinction to the Church, who are represented in the gold of the Holy and Most Holy. R4745:6
Corresponds to Plane M on the Chart of the Ages. R276:5; A244
Place – Omit this word; not in the Hebrew text. T13
And the most holy – The condition of the overcomers who attain to the divine nature. T19
Corresponds to Plane L on the Chart of the Ages. R276:4; A244
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| 34 'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies. |
Put the mercy seat – The Mercy Seat, glory-light and cherubim together represented Jehovah God. T123
Both a mercy-seat and a justice-seat. R641:1
Upon the ark – "The head of Christ is God." (1 Cor. 11:3) T124
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| 35 'And thou hast set the table at the outside of the vail, and the candlestick over-against the table on the side of the tabernacle southward, and the table thou dost put on the north side. |
Shalt set the table – Representing the Church as a whole, holding forth the word of life. T115; R5418:5
And the candlestick – Representing the entire Church, the true lightbearers. T116
Representing the light of God's truth. R5621:6, R5418:5
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| 36 'And thou hast made a covering for the opening of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer; |
Hanging for the door – Symbol of the death of the human will. T21
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| 37 and thou hast made for the covering five pillars of shittim [wood], and hast overlaid them [with] gold, their pegs [are] of gold, and thou hast cast for them five sockets of brass. |
Five pillars – The door posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle represented the "New Creatures in Christ"-the consecrated saints. The difference between these and the posts in the "Court" represents the difference between the condition of the justified believers and the sanctified believers. T114
Sockets of brass – Copper, representing our justified humanity; showing that while in the first apartment of the Tabernacle we have this treasure in earthen vessels. T114
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