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| 1 And he made the altar for the ascending-sacrifice, of acacia wood,–five cubits, the length thereof, and, five cubits, the breadth thereof, foursquare, and, three cubits, the height thereof. |
He made the altar – Representing Christ's ransom sacrifice. T22
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| 2 And he made the horns thereof, upon the four corners thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof,–and he overlaid it with bronze. |
He made the horns – Symbols of power. T42
With brass – Copper; symbol of perfect human nature. T18
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| 3 And he made all the utensils of the altar–the pans and the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls, the flesh-hooks and the fire-pans,–all the utensils thereof, made he of bronze. |
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| 4 And he made to the altar a grating, of network of bronze,–under the margin thereof beneath, as far as the midst thereof. |
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| 5 And he cast four rings in the four corners, to the grating of bronze,–as receptacles for the staves.
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| 6 And he made the staves of acacia wood,–and overlaid them with bronze. |
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| 7 And he brought the staves into the rings, upon the sides of the altar, to lift it therewith,–hollow with boards, did he make it. |
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| 8 And he made the laver of bronze, and the stand thereof of bronze,–with the mirrors of the female hosts who did service at the opening of the tent of meeting. |
The laver of brass – Aaron had to be washed in order fitly to represent the purity of Jesus. T29
Symbolizing the putting away of filthy practices-- lying, stealing, slander, envy, strife, back-biting, etc. R1543:6, R3054:2
Lookingglasses – Polished copper mirrors. R117:1*
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| 9 And he made the court,–on the south side southward, the hangings of the court, of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; |
He made the court – Representing the condition of justification. T19
Representing the justified condition. In proportion as those in the Court advance toward the Holy, in that proportion they draw nigh to God and experience a measure of justification or harmony with God, leading to complete justification. R4745:3
See comments on Exodus 27:9.
In the present time, the Court represents the condition of all those who, exercising faith in God, are approaching nearer and nearer to him and his service-a condition of divine favor. R4922:5, R5418:3
Hangings of the court – Representing, to those within, a wall of faith; but to those without, a wall of unbelief which hinders their view of and access to the holy things within. T18
Fine twined linen – Representing Christ's righteousness. T36, T114
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| 10 their pillars, twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze,–the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods, of silver: |
Their pillars – Representing justified believers. T113
Their brasen sockets – Copper; representing that, though actually imperfect, the standing of the justified believer is that of a perfect human being. T113
Hooks ... of silver – Silver being a symbol of truth, justified believers, pillars, can truthfully claim that Christ's righteousness (the linen curtain) covers all their imperfections. T114
The Great Company class was represented by the "silver." R4745:6
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| 11 and, on the north side, a hundred cubits, their pillars, twenty, and, their sockets, twenty, of bronze,–the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods, of silver. |
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| 12 And, on the west side, hangings, fifty cubits, their pillars, ten, and, their sockets, ten,–and, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods, of silver. |
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| 13 And, on the east side towards the dawn, fifty cubits: |
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| 14 hangings, fifteen cubits, for the side-piece,–their pillars, three, and, their sockets, three; |
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| 15 and, for the second, sidepiece, on this side and on that, of the gate of the court, hangings, fifteen cubits,–their pillars, three, and, their sockets, three. |
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| 16 All the hangings of the court, round about, were of fine twined linen. |
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| 17 And, the sockets for the pillars, were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars, and their connecting-rods, of silver,–and, the overlaying of their capitals, was silver,–and, they themselves, were filleted with silver, even all the pillars of the court. |
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| 18 And, the screen of the gate of the court, was the work of an embroiderer, blue and purple and crimson, and fine-twined linen,–and, twenty cubits, in length, and, the height, according to the breadth, of five cubits, to match the curtains of the court; |
For the gate – "I am the way" (John 14:6); "I am the door" (John 10: T18
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| 19 and, their pillars, were four, and, their sockets, four, of bronze,–their hooks, of silver, and, the overlaying of their capitals, and their connecting-rods, of silver. |
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| 20 And, all the pins for the habitation, and for the court round about, of bronze. |
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| 21 These, are the details of the habitation–the habitation of testimony, which were detailed at the bidding of Moses,–the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. |
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| 22 So then, Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses. |
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| 23 And, with him, was Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artificer and skilful weaver,–and an embroiderer–in blue, and in purple, and in crimson, and in fine linen. |
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| 24 As for all the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, it came to pass that, the gold of the wave-offering, was nine-and-twenty talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. |
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| 25 And, the silver of them who were numbered of the assembly, was one hundred talents,–and one thousand, seven hundred, and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; |
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| 26 a bekah per head, that is a half shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for all that passed over to them who had been numbered, from twenty years old, and upwards, for six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. |
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| 27 And it came to pass, that, the hundred talents of silver, were used for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil,–one hundred sockets with the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. |
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| 28 And, with the thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five, made the hooks, for the pillars,–and overlaid their capitals, and united them with connecting-rods. |
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| 29 And, the bronze of the wave-offering, was seventy talents,–and two thousand and four hundred shekels. |
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| 30 And he made therewith, the sockets for the opening of the tent of meeting, and the altar of bronze, and the grating of bronze which pertained thereto,–and all the utensils of the altar, |
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| 31 and the sockets for the court round about, and the sockets for the gate of the court,–and all the pins for the habitation, and all the pins for the court, round about. |
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