Exod. 30. 24. and that which he taketh away he casteth into the place of the ashes by the Altar and lighteth the lampe which was out and the lampe which he findeth not out he dresseth it The lampe which is middlemost when it is out he lights not it after it is made cleane but from the Altar in the Court but the rest of the lampes every one that is out he lighteth from the lampe that is next He lighteth not all the lampes at one time but lighteth five lampes and stayeth and doth the other service and afterwards commeth and lighteth the two that remaine He whose dutie it is to dresse the Candlesticke commeth with a vessell in his hand which is called Cuz and it is of gold like to a great pitcher to take away in it the wekes that are burnt out and the oile that remaineth iâ— the lampâ— and lighteth five of the lamps and leaveth the vessell there before the Candlesticke c. and goeth 〈◊〉 afterwards â—e commeth and lighteth the two lamps and taketh up the vessell in his hand and boweth himselfe downe to worship and goeth his way Maim treat of the daily Sacrifices c. 3. S. 12. 13. 16. 17. The like they have in other records as for the measure of oile in T 〈…〉 yl treat Menacheth chap. 10. fol. 88. Three lâ—gges of oile and a halfe for the Candlesticke 〈◊〉 a logge for every lampe And for the order in the same 〈◊〉 in Ioma c. 3. fol. 33. The cleansâ—â—g of the 〈◊〉 Altar was before the trimming of 〈◊〉 â—ive lamps and the triâ—â—â—ing of the five lamps before the blood of the daily sacrifice and the blood of the daily sâ—â—rifiâ—â— before the trimming of the two lamps and the trimming of the two lamps before the burning of incense c. This charge of the Priests to order the lamps signified how Christ and his ministers should continually looke unto the puritie of doctrine and preaching of the light of the Gospell from evening to morning in the darke place of this world till the day dawne the day-starre arise in our hearts Rev. 1. 13. and 2. 1. Deut. 33. 10. Ioh. 5. 35. Eph. 3. 8. 9. 2 Pet. 1. 19. 20. 21. Matth. 4. 16. CHAP. XXVIII 1 Aaron and his sonnes are set apart for the Priests office 2 Holy garments are appointed 6 The Ephodâ— 8 And the curious girdle of it 9 The two Beryll stones on the shoulders thereof on which the names of the twelve Tribes were graven 15 The Brestplate of judgement with twelve precious stones therein 21 on which the names of the twelve Tribes of Israel were graven 22 The golden chaines to fasten it 26 And the golden rings for the same 30 The Vrim and Thummim 31 The Robe of the Ephod with Pomgranats and Bels. 36 The golden plate of the Miter 39 The fine linnen Coate the Miter and the Girdle 40 The Coats for Aarons sonnes with their girdles and bonnets 42 and their linnen breeches 43. The Priests must we are their garments in their administration AND thou take neere unto thee Aaron thy Brother and his Sons with him from among the Sonnes of Israel that he may minister-in-the-Priests-office unto mee Aaron Nadab and Abâ—hu Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons Sonnes And thou shalt make garments of Holinesse for Aaron thy Brother for honour and for beautifull glory And thou speake unto all the wise hearted whomsoever I have filled with the spirit of wisedome and let them make Aarons garments to sanctifie him that he may minister-in-the Priests-office unto me And these are the garments which they shal make a Brestplate and an Ephod and a Robe and a Coat of circled-work a Miter and a Girdle and they shall make garments of Holinesse for Aaron thy brother and for his Sonnes that hee may minister-in-the-Priests-office unto mee And they shall take gold and blew and purple and scarlet and fine linnen And they shall make the Ephod of gold of blew and of purple of scarlet and fine linnen twined the worke of a cunning workeman It shall have the two shoulder-peeces joyning together at the two edges thereof and it shall bee joyned together And the curious girdle of his Ephod which is upon it shall be of the same according to the worke thereof of gold of blew and purple and scarlet and fine linnen twined And thou shalt take two Beryll stones and shalt grave on them the names of the Sonnes of Israel Six of their names on the one stone and the names of the fix that are remaining on the second stone according to their births The worke of an engraver in stone like the engravings of a signet shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sonnes of Israel inclosed in ouches of gold shalt thou make them And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the Ephod stones of memoriall for the sons of Israel and Aaron shall beare their names before Iehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial And thou shalt make ouches of gold And two chaines of pure gold at the ends shalt thou make them of wreathen worke shalt fasten the wreathen chaines to the ouches And thou shalt make the Brest-plate of judgement the worke of a cunning workeman like the worke of the Ephod shalt thou make it of gold of blew purple scarlet and fine linnen twined shalt thou make it Foursquare shall it be doubled a spanne the length thereof and a span the bredth therof And thou shalt embosse in it embosment of stones foure rowes of stones a row a Sardius a Topaz a Smaragd the first row And the second row a Chalcedonie a Saphir a Sardonyx And the third row an Hyacinth a Chrysoprase and an Amethyst And the fourth row a Chrysolyte and a Beryll and a Iasper they shall be set in gold in their embosments And the stones shall be with the names of the Sons of Israel twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every man with his name they shall be according to the twelve Tribes And thou shalt make upon the Brestplate chains at the end of wreathen worke of pure gold And thou shaft make upon the Brestplate two rings of gold and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the Brestplate And thou shalt put the two wreathings of gold in the two rings on the ends of the Brestplate And the other two ends of the two wreathings thou shalt faâ—â—en on the two ouches and shalt put them on the shoulders of the Ephod before it And thou shalt make two rings of gold and shalt put them upon the two ends of the Brest-plate upon the border thereof which is in the side of the Ephod inward And thou shalt 〈◊〉 two other rings of gold and shalt put them on the two shoulders of the Ephod underneath towards the forepart thereof over-against the coupling thereof above the curious girdle of the Ephod And they shall binde the Brestplate by
is the word as the Chaldee expoundeth it or commandement Ithamar under his hand the Levites of Merari had charge of the boards bars pillars sockets pins coards c. about the Tabernacle and Court thereof Num 4. 29. 33. Vers. 24. occupied Hebr. made in Greek wrought offring Heb. wave-offring as the offring of it is also called waving Exodus 35. 22. It was likewise called an heave-offring Exodus 25. 2. what these two motions meant see the notes on Exod. 29. 24. 27. talents every talent was 120. pound weight for a talent weighed three thousand shekels and every shekell 320. graines of Barley see the notes on Gen. 20. 16. and Exod. 25. 39. This is confirmed by the summe here following in verse 25. 26. for 603550. men paying every one halfe a shekel it amounted to 100. talents and 1775. shekels Vers. 26. Bekah this in the next words is expounded to be halfe a shekel see the notes on Gen. 24. 22. The Greeke translateth it a drachme or dram as a shekel is sometime turned in Greeke didrachme a double dram see Gen. 20 16. a poll Hebrew a skul which the Greeke translateth head used for the person or whole man So in Ex. 16. 16. old Hebrew son of 20 yeeres see the notes on Genesis 5. 32. CHAP. XXXIX 1 The making of the garments of ministery and holy garments for the Priests 2 The Ephod 8 The Brest-plate 10 The setting of the twelve precious stones in foure rowes upon it 15 The chaines ouches and rings of it 22 The Robe of the Ephod with the pomgranats and bells on the skirts thereof 27 The Coats Miter Bonnets and Girdle of fine-linnen 30 The plate of the holy Crowne tyed to the Miter 32 All the worke is finished 33 and brought unto Moses by the particulars 43. Moses vieweth all the worke and seeing it to be done as the Lord had commanded he blesseth them AND of the blew and purple and scarlet they made the garments of ministerie to minister in the Holy-place and made the garments of holinesse which were for Aaron as Iehovah commanded Moses And he made the Ephod of gold of blew and purple and scarlet and fine-linnen twined And they did beat-thin the plates of gold and he cut wiers to worke it in the blew and in the purple and in the scarlet and in the fine-linnen with the worke of a cunning-workman They made shoulder peeces for it joyning together at the two edges thereof it was joyned together And the curious-girdle of his Ephod which was upon it was of the same according to the worke thereof of gold of blew and purple and scarlet and fine-linnen twined as Iehovah commanded Moses And they wrought Beryll stones inclosed in ouches of gold engraven like the engravings of a signet with the names of the Sons of Israel And he put them on the shoulders of the Ephod stones of memoriall for the sons of Israel as Iehovah commanded Moses And he made the Brestplate the worke of a cunning-workman like the worke of the Ephod of gold of blew and purple and scarlet and fine-linnen twined It was foure-square doubled did they make the Brestplate a span the length thereof and a span the bredth thereof doubled And they embossed in it foure rowes of stones a row a Sardius a Topaz and a Smaragd the first row And the second row a Chalcedonie a Saphir and a Sardonyx And the third row an Hyacinth a Chrysoprase and an Amethyst And the fourth row a Chrysolite a Beryll and a Iasper inclosed in ouches of gold in their embossments And the stones were with the names of the sons of Israel twelve according to their names like the engravings of a signet every-man with his name according to the twelve tribes And they made upon the Brestplate chaines at the end of wreathen worke of pure gold And they made two ouches of gold and two rings of gold and put the two rings upon the two ends of the Brestplate And they put the two wreathings of gold in the two rings on the ends of the Brestplate And the two ends of the two wreathings they fastened on the two ouches and put them on the shoulders of the Ephod before it And they made two rings of gold put them upon the two ends of the Brestplate upon the border thereof which was in the side of the Ephod inward And they made two other rings of gold and put them on the two shoulders of the Ephod underneath towards the forepart therof overagainst the coupling thereof above the curious-girdle of the Ephod And they did binde the Brestplate by the rings therof unto the rings of the Ephod with a lace of blew to be above the curious-girdle of the Ephod and that the Brestplate might not be loosed from the Ephod as Iehovah commanded Moses And he made the Robe of the Ephod of woven worke all of blew And there was a hole of the Robe in the midst thereof as the hole of an habergeon with a binding for the hole thereof round about that it should not be rent And they made upon the skirts of the Robe pomgranats of blew and purple and scarlet twisted And they made bells of pure gold put the bells between the pomgranats upon the skirts of the Robe round-about between the pomgranats A bell and a pomgranat a bell and a pomgranat upon the skirts of the Robe round-about to minister in as Iehovah commanded Moses And they made Coats of fine-linnen of woven worke for Aaron and for his sonnes And a Miter of fine-linnen and goodly-ornaments Bonnets of fine-linnen and linnen breeches of fine-linnen twined And a girdle of fine-linnen twined and of blew and purple and scarlet the worke of the Embroiderer as Iehovah commanded Moses And they made the Plate of the crown of holinesse of pure gold and wrote upon it a writing like the ingravings of a signet HOLINESSE TO IEHOVAH And they put upon it a lace of blew to put it upon the Miter on high as Iehovah commanded Moses And all the worke of the Tabernacle of the Tent of the Congregation was finished and the sonnes of Israel did according to all that Iehovah commanded Moses so did they And they brought the Tabernacle unto Moses the Tent and all the instruments therof the taches therof the boards thereof the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and the sockets thereof And the covering of Rams skins died-red and the covering of Tachash skins and the veil of the covering The Arke of the Testimonie and the bars thereof and the Covering-mercy-seat The Table and all the vessels thereof and the Shew bread The pure Candlesticke with the lamps thereof the lamps to be set-in-order al the vessels therof and the oil for the light And the Altar of gold and the oile of anoynting the incense of sweet-spices and the hanging-veil for the doore of the Tent. The Altar of brasse and the grate of brasse which was for it the barres thereof
chaines Afterwards they put the ends of the â—â—eathings of the Brestplate into the rings that were above on the shoulders of the Ephod Then they pâ—t the two laces of blew which were on the edges of the Brestplate into the two rings which were above the curious girdle of the Ephod And they let downe the 〈◊〉 which were in the rings on the shoulders of the Ephod unto the rings of the Brestplate which were uppermost that the one might cleave fast unto the other and so the Brestplate might not bee loosed from the Ephod M 〈…〉 ony treat of the Implements of the Sanctuary 〈◊〉 9. s. 9. 10. Ver. 29. upon his heart The Greeke translateth upon his brest so in Revel 15. 6. the brests girded meaneth the hearts As before presenting them â—nto God he bare them on his shoulders on two 〈◊〉 of equall worth and glorie so now to signifie Gods favour in Christ towards the Church they are borne upon his heart graven on sundry stones which signified the manifold and sundry graces of the Spirit wherewith the Saints are glorified here every one in their measure proceeding all from the love of Christ. Wherefore the Church desiring confirmation in his grace love prayeth Set me as a â—ignet upon thy heart Song 8. 6. memoriall which the graving did signifie as in Esay 49. 15. 16. I will not forget thee behold I have graven thee upon the palmes of my hands c. Ver. 30. the Urim and the Thummim which is by interpretation the Lights and the Perfections but what these were is not easie to say The Gr. translateth them the Manifestation and the Truth There is no commandement given unto Moses for to make them neither is there any mention of them in Exod. 39. where the making of all Aarons ornaments is related but in Levit. 8. 8. it is said of Moses he put in the Brestplate the Vrim and the Thummim From which some of the Hebrews as R. Menachem on Exod. 28. doe gather that they were not the worke of the artificer neither had the artificers nor the Church of Israel in them any worke or any voluntary offring but they were a mysterie delivered to Moses from the mouth of God or they were the worke of God himselfe For Moses tooke the Urim and the Thummim and put them in the Brest-plate after that he had put upon Aaron the Ephod and the Brestplate Levit. 8. 7. 8. Some doe thinke that as those words Holinesse to Iehovah in verse 36. were graven on a plate and put on Aarons fore-head so these words Vrim and Thummim were likewise graven on a golden plate and put in the Brestplate which was double verse 16. for something to be put therein Others thinke they were no other then the precious stones fore-spoken of The use of these Vrim and Thummim was to enquire of God and to receive an answer of his will by them as is said of Eleazar the priest he shall aske counsell for Ioshua after the judgement of Vrim before the LORD Numb 27. 21. The manner of asking counsell is recorded by the Hebrews to be thus When they inquired the priest stood with his face before the Arke and hee that inquired stood behind him with his face to the backe of the priest and the inquirer said Shall I goe up or Shall I not And hee asked not with an high voice nor with the thought of his heart onely but with a sub 〈…〉 〈◊〉 as one that prayeth by himselfe And forthwith the holy Ghost came upon the Priest and hee beheld the Brestplate and saw the 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of prophesie Goe up or goe not up in the letters that shewed 〈◊〉 themselves upon the Brestplate before his face Then the Priest answered him and said Goe up 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not up And they made no inquiry of two things at once and if they so inquired yet the 〈…〉 〈◊〉 but unto the first onely And they enquired not hereâ—y for a common man but either for the King or for him on whom the affaires of the Congregation â—ay Maimony treat of the Implements of the Sanctuary Chap. 10. Sect. 11. 12. Of this see examples which may give light hereunto in Num. 27. 18. 21. Iudg. 1. 1. and 20. 18. 28. 1 Sam. 13. 9. 10. 11. 12. and 28. 6. These Vrim and Thummim were lost at the Captivity of Babylon and wanted at the peoples returnâ— Ezr. 2 63. Nehemiah 6. 65. neither doe we find that ever God answered by them any more The Bab. Thalmud 〈◊〉 â—oma Chap. 1. sol 21. speaking of Hag. 〈◊〉 8. where the Hebrew word Ecchabda I will be glorified wanteth the letter H which in numbring signifieth five saith The want of H sheweth the want of five things in the second Temple which had beene in the first namely 1 The Arke with the Mercy-seat and Cherubims 2 The fire from heaven 3 The Majesty or Divine presence 4 The holy Ghost 5 and the Vrins and Thummin By the Majesty Shecinah they seeme to meane the Oracle in the most holy place where God had dwelt betweene the Cherubims Psal. 80. 2. Num. 7. 89. And by the holy Ghost they meane the spirit of prophesie not onely in the Priests but in the Prophets as the Commentary on that place of the Thalmud saith The holy Ghost was not in the Prophets from the second yeere of Darius c. that is after Haggai Zachary and Malachie which were the last Prophets and in that Kings time Haggai 1. 1. Zach. 1. 1 So elsewhere in the Thalmud in Sanhedrin Chap. 1. they teach from their ancient Doctors that after the later Prophets Haggai Zachary and Malachi were dead the holy Ghost went up or departed from Israel howbeit they had the use of a voice or Eccho from heaven R. Menachem on Ex. 28. saith of this Oracle by Vrim Thummim that it was one of the degrees of the holy Ghost that is of the gifts of the holy Ghost inferiour unto Prophesie and superiour to the voice or Eccho Like wise R. Moses Gerundens on Exod. sol 146. affirmeth that betweene the Voice and the Prophesie were Urim and Thummin Of this Voice or Eccho there is no mention in the Scriptures of the Prophets but the Hebrew-Doctors which say that it was in Israel after the Prophets ceased doe often write of it and call it Bathkol that is the daughter of a voice as it were one voice proceeding out of another such as we call an Eccho and which some thinke was with distinct and plaine words Of old they had in Israel Oracies or answers from God three manner of wayes by Dreames or by Urim that is the Priest with Vrim and Thummim Num. 27. 21. or by Prophets 1 Sam. 28. 6. 7. When the Lord would by none of these answer King Saul then he rought to a Witch The footsteps of these 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 among the ancient Heathens as Homeâ— in 〈◊〉 bringeth in Achilâ—es advising the Greekes in the time of a
the worke of the service of the Sanctuary to make it and they brought yet unto him a willingoffring every morning And all the wise men that made all the worke of the Sanctuary came every man from his worke which they made And they said unto Moses saying The people bring much more then enough for the service of the worke which Iehovah commanded to make And Moses commanded and they caused a voice to passe throughout the campe saying Let neither man nor woman make any-more worke for the offring of the Sanctuary and the people were restrained from bringing And the worke was enough for them for all the worke to make the same and to be overplus Then made they even every wise hearted among them that did the worke the Tabernacle of ten curtaines of fine-linnen twined and blew and purple and scarlet with Cherubims the worke of a cunning workman made he them The length of one curtaine was eight and twenty cubits and the bredth foure cubits of one curtaine one measure was for all the curtaines And hee coupled-together five curtaines one to another and five curtaines he coupled-together one to another And he made loops of blew upon the edge of the one curtaine from the selvedge in the coupling likewise he made in the utmost edge of the curtaine in the second coupling Fifty loopes made hee in the one curtaine and fifty loopes made he in the selvedge of the curtaine which was in the second coupling the loops being one right over against another And he made fifty taches of gold and coupled-together the curtaines one to another with the taches and it was one Tabernacle And he made curtaines of Goates hayre for a Tent over the Tabernacle eleven curtaines he made them The length of one curtaine was thirty cubits and foure cubits the bredth of one curtaine one measure was for the eleven curtaines And hee coupled-together five curtaines by themselves and sixe curtaines by themselves And hee made fifty loopes on the edge of the one curtaine the outmost in the coupling and fifty loopes made hee on the edge of the curtaine of the second coupling And hee made fifty taches of brasse to couple-together the Tent for to be one And he made a covering for the Tent of Rammes skins dyed-red and a covering of Tachash skins above And he made boards for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood standing-up Ten cubits was the length of a board and a cubit and halfe a cubit the bredth of one board Two Tenons for one board set in order one against another so did he make for all the boards of the Tabernacle And he made the boards for the Tabernacle twenty boards for the South side southward And forty sockets of silver hee made under the twenty boards two sockets under one board for his two tenons and two sockets under another board for his two tenons And for the second side of the Tabernacle on the North side he made twenty boards And their forty sockets of silver two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board And for the sides of the Tabernacle seaward hee made sixe boards And two boards made he for the corners of the Tabernacle in the two sides And they were equally joyned beneath and likewise they were perfectly-joyned at the head of it unto one ring so did he for them both for the two corners And they were eight boards and their sockets of silver sixteone sockets two sockets two sockets under one board And he made bars of Shittim wood five for the boards of the one side of the Tabernacle And five barres for the boards of the second side of the Tabernacle and five barres for the boards of the Tabernacle for the two-sides Seaward And hee made the middle bar to reach in the midst of the boards from end to end And hee overlayd the boards with gold made their rings of gold places for the bars and overlaid the bars with gold And he made a veile of blew and purple and scarlet and fine-linnen twined the work of a cunning-workman made he it with Cherubims And he made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim and overlayd them with gold their hookes were of gold and he cast for them foure sockets of silver And he made an hanging-veile for the doore of the Tent of blew and purple and scarlet and fine-linnen twined the worke of the embroiderer And the five pillars of it and their hookes and he overlayd their chapiters and their fillets with gold and their five sockets were of brasse Annotations THen did or Then made Bezaleel c. that is began to doe or to worke Some referre this to the end of the former Chapter and translate And Bezaleel shall doe c. which interpretation the Hebrew well beareth But the Greeke translateth And Beseleel did Vers. 2. And Moses or For Moses had called As they had gifts of wisedome from God so were they also to have a calling unto the worke as Aaron had unto the priesthood Lev. 8. Heb. 54. Vers. 3. they tooke from before Moses so the Chaldee also translates it the Greeke they received of Moses every morning Hebr. in the morning in the morning So in v. 4. man man that is every man This noteth their zeale and diligence for so the morning often signifieth Psal. 5. 4. and 101. 8. Esay 50. 4. Ier. 21. 12. Vers. 4. wise that is skilfull men In this sense Paul useth the word wise in 1 Cor. 3. 10. from his worke or as the Greeke translateth according to his worke for so the Hebrew phrase sometime signifieth as in Ezek. 7. 27. Vers. 6. a voice that is a proclamation the Chaldee saith a cryer and the Greeke he cryed or proclaimed make any more worke that is make ready any more stuffe to worke with So in the verse following Vers. 7. the worke that is the stuffe for the work as vers 6. to be overplus or to remaine over that is too much Thus the people shewed their ready obedience unto that part of the Law which consisted in outward ordinances of service and for the making of a worldly Sanctuary as the Apostle calleth it Heb. 9. 1. whereas in the former Law which God had himselfe spoken from heaven they had shewed their headstrong disobedience Exodus 32. Vers. 8. the Tabernacle or Habitacle see the notes on Exod. 26. 1. c. This is first made though in the commanding of these things the Arke Table and Candlesticke were first mentioned Exod. 25 because it was to receive and containe those holy things which might not stand without their Te 〈…〉 or Habitation 1 Chron. 15. 1. and 16. 1. Vers. 9. cubits or by the cubit which is a foot and an halfe see Exod. 26. 2. Vers. 10 to another Hebr. to one meaning to the fellow of i◠called the sister in Exod. 26. 3. Vers. 11. edge Hebr. lip so Exod. 26. 4. Vers. 12. being one right-over or or receiving one to another the Greeke hath
they should eate and drinke at his table in his kingdome Luk. 22. 30. Verse 12. bee there that is continue there So 1 Tim. 4. 15 in these things be thou that is continue and give thy selfe unto them So in Ruth 1. 2. Esay 66. 2. Psalme 64. 8. commandement in Greeke commandements But Moses often useth this word sigularly though he speaketh of the Law in generall So the Apostle also 2 Peter 2. 21. and 3. 2. to teach to instruct or confirme in the Law To this word the Apostle following the Gr. version hath reference when he saith the Israelites had the giving of the Law Rom. 9. 4. and the people received or were taught the Law Heb. 7. 11. and the covenant established or taught upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. So that the word implieth a full information and constitution of them their common wealth by the Law Herein the Iewes did glorie Rom. 2. 17. 18. Vers. 13. Ioshua in Greek Iesus see Exod. 17. 9. of God that is as the Chaldee translateth on which the glorie of God was revealed See v. 16. Vers. 14. Sit that is Abide or Tary as the Chaldee translateth the Greeke saith be quiet Hur of him see Exod. 17. 10. hath matters to doe or hath words to speake that is hath any question or controversie So the Gr. and Chaldee translate it Iudgment or controversie The Hebr. phrase is who so is a master of words or of matters Vers. 15. a cloud the signe of Gods presence though with terror and obscuritie 2 Chron. 6. 1. Heb. 12. 18. See also Exod. 19. 9. Verse 16. dwelt the Greeke expoundeth it came downe upon the mount six daies to prepare Moses for to receive the Lawes as before he had done the people three daies Ex. 19. 10. 11. In six daies God made the world and the seventh he rested Gen. 2. the same number is here at the giving of the Law wherein God shewed as great wisdome as in the making of the world Psal. 19. Vers. 17. devouring or consuming fire in Greek flaming fire this was for a terror to the transgressors of his Law Deut. 4. 24. and hee is no lesse fearfull under the Gospell Heb 12. 28. 29. Vers. 18. fortie dayes during which time he did nâ—ther eat bread nor drinke water Deuter. 9. 9. The like number of daies Elias fasted 1 King 19. 8. and Christ when hee was to enter upon the ministery of the Gospell Matt. 4. 2. CHAP. XXV 1 The Lord by Moses teacheth Israel what things they should willingly offer for the making of a Sanctuarie that he might dwell amongst them 10 The matter and forme of the Arke 17 The Covering-mercy-feat thereof with the Cherubims 23 The Table for the Shewbread with the furniture thereof 31 The golden Candlesticke with the parts and instruments thereof 40 All things must bee made according to the patterne shewed in the mount 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 AND Iehovah spake unto Moses saying Speake unto the sons of Israel let them take for me an offering of every man whose heart shall make him willing ye shall take my offring And this is the offering which ye shall take of them gold and silver and brasse And blew and purple and scarlet and fine linnen and goats haire And Ram skins died red and Tachash skins and Shittim wood Oile for the light spices for anointing oile and for incense of sweet spices Beryl stones filling stones for the Ephod and for the Brest plate And let theÌ„ make for me a Sanctuary and I will dwell amongst them According to all that I will shew thee the patterne of the Tabernacle and the pattern of all the instruments thereof even so shall yee make them And they shall make an Arke of Shittim wood two cubits and an halfe shall be the length therof and a cubit and a halfe the bredth thereof a cubit and an halfe the height thereof And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold within and without shalt thou-overlay it and thou shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about And thou shalt cast for it four rings of gold and shalt put them in the foure corners thereof and two rings shal be in the one side of it and two rings in the second side And thou shalt make bars of Shittim wood and shalt overlay them with gold And thou shalt put the bars into the rings by the sides of the Ark to bear the Ark with them In the rings of the Arke shall the bars be they shall not be removed from it And thou shalt put into the Arke the Testimonie which I shall give 〈◊〉 thee And thou shalt make a Covering-mercy-seat of pure gold two cubits and an halfe shal be the length therof and a cubit an halfe the bredth thereof And thou shalt make two Cherubims of gold of beaten worke shalt thou make them at the two ends of the Covering-mercy-seat And make thou one Cherub on the one end and oâ—â— Cherub on the other end of the Covering-mercy-seat shal ye make the Cherubims oâ— the two ends thereof And the Chrubiâ—e shall stretch forth the wings on high covering with their wings over the Covering-mercy-seat and their faces shall be one to another towards the Covering-mercy-seat shall the faces of the Cherubims bee And thou shalt put the Covering-mercy-seat uâ— on the Arke above in the Arke thou shaâ—â— put the Testimonie which I shall give unto thee And I will meet with thee there and I will speake with thee from above the Covering-mercy-seat from betweene the two Cherubims which are upon the Arke of the Testimony all things which I will comm 〈…〉 thee unto the sons of Israel And thou sha 〈…〉 make a Table of Shittim wood two cub 〈…〉 shall bee the length thereof and a cubit the bredth thereof and a cubit and an halfe the height thereof And thou shalt overlay 〈…〉 with pure gold and shalt make thereo 〈…〉 crowne of gold round about And thou sha 〈…〉 make unto it a border of an hand bred 〈…〉 round about and thou shalt make a crowne of gold to the border thereof round abovâ— And thou shalt make for it foure rings of gold and shalt put the rings in the four corners which are on the foure feet thereof Over-against the border shall the rings be 〈◊〉 places for the bars to beare the table And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood and shalt overlay them with gold and the table shall be borne with them And th 〈…〉 shalt make the dishes thereof and the cu 〈…〉 thereof and the covers therof the bow 〈…〉 thereof which shall be to cover withall 〈◊〉 pure gold shalt thou make them And th 〈…〉 shalt set upon the Table Shewbread bef 〈…〉 me continually And thou shalt make a Câ—â—dlesticke of pure gold of beaten worke 〈◊〉 the Candlesticke be made his shaft and 〈◊〉 branch his bowles his knops and 〈◊〉 flowers shall bee of the same And 〈◊〉 branches comming out
Plinie in his â—at hist. b. 19. ch 1. sheweth to grow in Egypt on a shrub called Xylon or Gossipian whereof soft and white l 〈…〉 en stuffe was made whereof the Priests of Egypt delighted to weare And this linnen Xyl 〈…〉 n they thinke to be the stuffe that was died blew purple and scarlet Byss is also a silken linnen white pure and bright and hath the name originally of whitenesse and signified the graces and justifications of the Saints Rev. 19. 8. 14. Ezek. 16. 10. haire whereof a covering was made for the Tabernacle Exod. 26. 7. 13. The word haire is added also in Greeke necessarily understood in the Hebrew see Gen. 42. 33. Vers. 5. Tachash skinnes This the Greeke interpreters translate blew or violet colour skinnes The Tachash was a beast of whose skin fine shooes were made Ezek. 16. 10. and save there no mention is made in Scripture of this beast but in this historie of the Tabernacle whose upper covering was made of the skins of the Tachash Exod. 26. 14. Of the Hebrew name seeme to bee derived the Germane Tachs and Latine Taxo which wee English the badger but the Iewes hold it to be a clean beast which our badger by Moses Law is not neither are badgers skins used for shooes as the Tachas Shittim or wood of the Shittah tree mentioned in Esa. 41. 19. which is thought to be a kind of Cedar tree It is nor found in scripture save in this historie of the Tabernacle and that prophesie of Esay where it is shewed to be of speciall use account The Greeke usually translateth it Aspeta that is wood which never rotteth The wood in Solomons Temple was of Cedar 1 King 6. 9. 10. Of it the Heb. Doctors write thus Solomon the Prophet said How fair is the house of the sanctuarie of the Lord w ch is builde by my hands of Cedar wood but fairer shal be the house of the sanctuary which shall be builded in the dayes of the King Christ the beames whereof shall be of the Cedars that are in the garden of Eden in Paradise Thargum in Can. 1. 17. Ver. 6. light or lig 〈…〉 that is the Candle stocke 〈◊〉 27. 20 incense of sweet spices that is 〈◊〉 or sweet spices for incense The Greek translateth for the composition of incense Vers. 7. 〈◊〉 so also the Chaldee translates it see the notes on Ex. 28. 9. 20. filling stones Heb. 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 th 〈…〉 stones to be â—ei in and wherewith the 〈◊〉 places in the gold upon the Bphod were filled up â—ee Exod 28. 27. 20. Vers. 8. 〈◊〉 them make The Greeke changeth the person And thoâ— shalt make me a sanctuary and I well be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yâ—â— This was the maine end of all and to this all 〈◊〉 particulars are to be re 〈…〉 ed and by it opened For this sanctuary as Solomons Temple afterward was a place of prayer and pub 〈…〉 〈…〉 ice of God Mâ—t. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lev. 17. 3. 6. and 〈◊〉 〈…〉 ed the Church 〈◊〉 habitation of 〈◊〉 the Spirit 2 Cor. 6. 〈◊〉 Ep 〈…〉 s. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Re 〈…〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and was a visible signe of Gods presence with and protection of his people Lev. 26. 11. 12. Ezek. 37. 26. 27. 1 King 6. 12. 13. and of leading them into heavenly glory for as the high Priest entred into the Tabernacle and through the veile into the most holy place where God dwelt so Christ we by him entred through the veile of his flesh into very heaven as the Apostle openeth it in Heb. 9. and 10. cha And so this sanctuary is to be applyed as a type first unto Christs person Heb. 8. 2. and 9. 11. 12. Ioh. 2. 19. 21. then to every Christian man 1 Cor. 6. 19. and Church both particular Heb. 3. 6. 1 Tim. 3. 15. and universall Heb. 10. 21. And by reason of this divers large signification so many sundry things about this sanctuary are set downe by Moses and sundry wayes applied by the Prophets and Apostles This sanctuary though made of the most glorious things on earth is yet called but a worldly sanctuary was a similitude of the true not made with haÌ„ds Heb. 9. 1. 24. dwell This was the greatest signe of Gods grace to wards his people whiles Christ having reconciled them to his father dwelleth in their hearts by faith Ephes. 3. 17. and they are the habitation of God by the spirit Ephes. 1. 22. Therfore this favour is often mentioned Exod. 29. 45. 46. Lev. 26. 12. Numb 35. 34. Zach. 2. 10. and 8. 3. 2 Cor. 6. 16. Rev. 21. 2. 3. Vers. 9. Tabernacle or Habitacle Dwelling place for of Gods dwelling aforesaid it hath the name Therefore the patterne hereof fignifieth properly the frame or disposition of a building like which an edifice is made And as the patterne of this house and of all the implements was given by God to Moses even so had Solomon a patterne of the house which he builded and of all things belonging thereunto 1 Chron. 28. 11. 12. 18. 19. See more in v. 40. Verse 10. they shall the Greeke translateth 〈◊〉 shalt make even as in the verse following and after God saith to him thou shalt because the over-sight of all the worke lay upon Moses In Verse 39. it is said he shall make where the Greeke againe saith thou shalt an Arke or Coffer in Hebrew Aron which differeth in name as in use from the Arke that Noe made Gen. 6. 14. The Apostles in Greeke call them both by one name Hebrewes 9. 4. and 11. 7. and here the Greeke version addeth the Arke of the Testimony This was made to lay up the Tables of the Covenant of God therein verse 16. and for God to 〈◊〉 betweene the Cherubims upon the covering mercy feat that was thereon vers 22. So it was visible signe of Gods gracious presence with his people in Christ therefore is it the first and châ—â—fest of all the holy things and for it principally was the Tabernacle made Exod. 26. 33. and 40. 18. 21. and it sanctified the Tent and house wherein it rested as Solomon said the places 〈◊〉 holy where into the Arke of the Lord hath come 2 Chron. 8. 11. Yet was it but the furniture of a worldly Sanctuary Hebrewes 9. 1. are under the Gospell to be done away and forgetten that men shall say to m 〈…〉 the Arke of the Covenant of the Lord Ier. 3. 16. albert mystically it is mentioned in the Church of the new Testament as is also the Tabernacle Rev. 11. 19. and 21. 3. Among the Gentiles there was an imitation of these things when they caried the mysteries of their gods in coffers L. Apul. de Asin. our l. 11. Alb. Tibull Et levis occultis conscia Cista sacris Shittins or Cedar wood in the Greek wood incorruptible a cubit that is a foot and an halfe or six handbredths see Gen. 6. 15. Vers. 11. a crowne or border which was both for ornament and
wee are taught that as in the Sanctuary Gods Majestie Shecinah dwelled because there was the Arke and the Tables the Cherubims so the heart of man it is meet that a place be made there for the divine Majestie to dwell in and that it bee the Holy of Holies R. Elias in Sepher reshith chocmah treat of Holinesse chap 7. fol. 219. Vers. 25. a border or closure that is a border to fasten the feet of the table together Vers. 27. places Hebrew houses Vers. 29. dishes or chargers wherein the bread was set on the table Of such there is also mentioned in Num. 7. 13. 84. made of silver for other use cups or dishes for incense to be put in as appeareth by numb 7. 14. and incense was with the shewbread as is manifest by Lev. 24. 7. They have their name in Hebrew Cappoth of being hollow like the hollow of the hand or as a spoone whereupon some translate them speones The Hebr. say there were two of these cups in each whereof was an handfull of incense and they had verges at the bottome that they might rest upon the table and they were set beside the two rewes of bread Maimony in Misneh treat of the Daily sacrifices cha 5. sect 2. covers therof and bowles therof or as the Hebr. Doctors understand it props thereof and pipes thereof In the first sense we may take these to bee for covering the bread in the dishes and the incense in the cups so it accordeth with the words following to cover withall And that not the latter of these two were to cover with but the former also appeareth by Numb 4. 7. And in relating this Moses changeth the order of these words saying in Ex. 37. 16. the bowles thereof the covers thereof In the latter sense these served for the bread only which the Hebrewes explaine thus Kesothaiu which we English the covers thereof were Seniphi◠props Menakkijothaiu which we English the bowles thereof were Kanim reeds There were foure props of gold that stayed up the bread two for the one rew and one for the other rew and 28. reeds of gold which were as halfe a 〈◊〉 reed or pipe fourteene for one rew and fourteen for the other They set one cake 〈…〉 betable after put upon it three reedes or halfe 〈◊〉 upō the reeds another cake after that again 〈◊〉 reeds upon the 〈◊〉 third cake and after that the 〈◊〉 upon them the fourth cake and them three reeds upon them the fift cake and then two reeds and upon those two reedes the sixt cake Thalmud Bab. in Menacoth Chap. 11. and Rambam or Maimony is his exposition on the same The like R. Solomon Iarchi on Exod. 25. noteth save that he differeth in the names saying of the first Kesothaiu that they were like halfe reeds hollow made of gold upon which the bread was set and they divided one cake from another that aire might gather betweene them that they might not mould or putrifie Menakkijothaiu which the Chaldee calleth the measures thereof hee saith were props like stakes of gold standing on the ground and they reached higher than the table so high as the rewes of bread and were forked or notched with five forkes one above another and the ends of the reeds which were betweene every cake stayed upon those forkes that the weight of the upper cakes might not be too heavie for the neather and breake them The reason hereof was for that the table as Moses sheweth in verse 23. was but one cubit that is sixe handbreadths broad and two cubics long and every of the twelve cakes as the Hebrewes write was tenne hand-breadths long and five broad and they set the length of the cakes on the breadth of the table Thalmud in Menacoth Chapter 11. So the ends of the cakes hanging over were stayed up by those props The Greeke for Covers translateth Spondeia that is vessells to poure out with and bowles they cal Kuathoi cups Of these there is mention also in Numb 4. 7. 1 Chro. 28. 17. and Ier. 52. 16. to cover withall or with which they shall cover to wit the table and furnish it or the cakes and the incense The originall word signifieth also to poure out and so the Greeke translateth with which thou shalt poure out Speiseis as before the Greeke called the Covers Spondeia pouring vessells but of such I know no use at this table pure gold whereupon the table is also called the pure table Levit. 24. 6. Verse 30. Shew-bread in Hebrew called bread of faces or of presence because they were to bee set before the face or in the presence of God continually The Hebrew Doctors give also another reason because every cake was made square and so had as it were many faces The length of every cake they say was ten hard-breaths and the breadth five hand-breaths and the height seven fingers Mamony treat of the Daily sacrifices C. 5. S. 9. The holy Ghost in Gr. calleth it bread of proposition Mar. 1. 26. in a contrary order the proposition of bread or of cakes Heb. 9. 2. that is with us Shew-bread which did shew present themselves to the Lord upon the table in stead of Israel For there were made every weeke twelve cakes according to the number of the 12. tribes of Israel to make every cake was take two tenth deales of an Epha or bushd of fine flowre these with pure incense were see every Sabbath new upon the table in two rewes six 〈◊〉 a rew and the old bread was then taken away and eaten by the priests see Lev. 24. 5. 9. with the annotations there As the Ark signified the presence of God in his Church so this table with the twelve cakes signified the multitude of the faithfull presented unto God in his Church as upon a pure table continually serving him made by faith and holinesse as fine cakes and by the mediation of Christ as by incense made a sweet odour unto God Acts 26. 7. 1 Cor. 5. 7. 2. Cor. 5. 15. It may also signifie the spirituall repast which the Church hath from and before God who feedeth them with Christ the bread of life whose offering of himselfe was a sweet odour to God for his Church before whom the Lord furnisheth a table Ioh. 6. 32. 33. 35. Ephes. 5. 2. Psal. 23. 5. Vers. 31. Candlesticke or Light-vessell called the candlesticke of light Exod. 35. 14. pure gold whereupon it is called the pure candlesticke Levit. 24. 4. Exod. 31. 8. beaton-worke of one whole peece beaten with the hammer and this was of a talent of gold vers 36. 39. branch that is branches as the Greeke translateth and the next verse manifesteth bowles or cups as Gen. 44. 2. so named of the forme or fashion flowers in Greeke lilies So R. Menachem on this place saith that the flowers were lilies and noteth from ancient Rabbines 42. particulars in the Candlesticke 22. bowles 11. knops and 9. flowers which number
before them â—oth they shall bee for 〈…〉 And they shâ—ll bee eight 〈…〉 and thâ—â—◠〈…〉 of silver sixteene 〈…〉 two soâ—â—◠〈…〉 board and 〈…〉 under another board And thou shalt make barres of Shittim wood five for the boards of the one side of the Tabernacle And five barres for the boards of the second side of the Tabernacle and five barres for the boards of the side of the Tabernacle for the two sides Seaward And the mid 〈…〉 barre in the mids of the boards reaching from end to end And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold and their rings thou shalt make of gold places for the barres and thou shalt overlay the barres with gold And thou shalt reare up the Tabernacle according to the right fashion therof which thou wast shewed in the mount And thou shalt make a veile of blew and purple and scarlet and fine linnen twined the worke of a cunning workeman he shall make it with Cherubims And thou shalt hang it upon foure pillars of Shittim overlaid with gold their hookes shall be of gold upon the foure sockets of silver And thou shalt hang the veise under the taches and shalt bring in thither within the veile the Arke of the Testimonie and the veile shall divide unto you betweene the Holy place and the Holy of holies And thou shalt put the Covering-mercie-seat upon the Arke of the Testimony in the Holy of holies And thou shalt set the Table without the veile and the Candlesticke over against the table on the side of the Tabernacle toward the South and the table thou shalt put on the North side And thou shalt make an hanging-veile for the doore of the Tent of blew and purple and scarlet and fine linnen twined the worke of the Embroiderer And thou shalt make for the hanging-veile five pillars of Shittim and overlay them with gold their hookes gold and thou shalt cast for them five sockets of brasse Annotations 〈◊〉 or Habitacle which was for the foresaid Arke Table with shew-bread and Câ—â—dlâ—sticke to be placed in a figure of the Church wherein God dwelleth graciously with his people and inligh 〈…〉 them with his Law and the seven spirits which are before his throne See the annoâ—â—tions on the former Chapter twined or twisted after it was spunne and this was for more strength 〈◊〉 4. 12. In the Hebrew canons it is said Wheresoever fine linnâ—n twisted is spoken of in the 〈◊〉 it must be sixâ— double thred Maimony treat of the 〈…〉 of the Sanctuary chap. 8. Sect. 14. scarlet or double dyâ—d scarlet These colours represented the blood of Christ and the white 〈…〉 bysse his justice and so the vatietie of 〈…〉 erewith he and his Church is made glorious 〈…〉 he notes on Exod. â—5 4. Cheru 〈…〉 that is as the Chaldee explaineth it figures of 〈…〉 signifying heavenly affections in Christ a 〈…〉 his Church and the Angels ministers 〈◊〉 and about them See Exod. 25. 18. cun 〈…〉 or exquisite craftsman that skilfully deviseth and curiously worketh in any Arte Exod 35. 〈◊〉 33. 2 Chro. 26. 15. The Chaldee translateth it Craftsman the Greeke Weaver of which there is also mention in this worke of the Tabernacle Exod. 35. 35. and 39. 22. The Hebrew Doctors put a difference betweene this cunning workeâ—aâ— and the embroiderer in verse 36. Wheresoever it is said in the Law THE WORKE OF THE EMBROIDERER that is when the figures which are made in the weaving are seene but on the one side but THE WORKE OF THE CVNNING WORKEMAN is when the figures are seene on both sides before and after Maimony in 〈◊〉 of the Implements of the Sanctuarie chap. 8. Sect. 15. The veile of the most holy place being of this cunning workemanship verse 31. sheweth that both sides were wrought alike Vers. 2 cubits Hebr. by cubit that is measuring by the Cubit which is sixe hand-breadths or a foot and a halfe of one which may bee understood of every one as in 2 Chron. 9. 16. one shield it for every shield Or as the Greeke here translateth the curtaiâ—â—â— shall be one Vers. 3. one to anothâ—â— Hebr. woman to her sister which Heâ—â—aisme the Chaldee also translateth one 〈◊〉 another and the Greeke giveth the like sense and Moses himselfe so explaineth it in Exod. 36. 10. 12. where he saith one 〈◊〉 So after in verse 5. and 17. This signified the union of persons and of gâ—â—â—es in the Church by the Spirit Ephes. 4. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1 Cor. 12. 4. 5. 6. 12. 13. for in Christ all the building 〈◊〉 coupled together groweth unto an holy Temple in the Lord Ephes. 2. 21. 22. and 4. 16. Verâ— 4. â—dge Hebr. lip So in vers 10. the one or the first curtaine so in verse 5. So one is used for the first G 〈…〉 1. 5. second coupling or coupling of the 〈…〉 so in verse 5. Vers. 5. being one right oveâ— against another or â—eceiving one to another so holding by the taches one curtaine to another But both the Greeke and Chaldee version favoureth the first exposition Vers. 6. one Tabernacle or the Habitacle shall bee 〈…〉 is said for the Tent verse 〈◊〉 Howâ—â—â—â— because of the distinction by the veise there were after a sort two Tabernacles and so the Aposâ—â—e speaketh of the first called the Holy and after the second 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tabernacle called the Holy of holies 〈…〉 As the golden taches clasped in the blew oâ— heaven-coloured loopes made the ten 〈…〉 one Tent so by faith and love in Christ the Saints are fastened builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit Eph. 2. 22. where 〈…〉 the 〈◊〉 mentioneth the unitie of the Spirit 〈…〉 peace the â—nitâ—e of the faith and our 〈…〉 together in love Ephes 4. 3. 13. Coâ—â—s 2 2. 〈◊〉 this is to be for all affaires both of peace and of warre Iudges 20. 11. Vers. 7. a Tent that is a Covering spred over so the Greek translateth it a Covering the Chaldee an overspreading See Exod. 40. 6. eleven wheras the embroidered curtaines were but ten verse 〈◊〉 So these were thirty cubits long verse 8 those but 28. cubits verse 2. Thus the Covering was larger in length and bredth then the thing covered The like may be thought by proportion of the two upper Coverings of skins in verse 14. that they also were larger theâ— this Tent of haire though for brevity their sise is not expressed And that this Goats haire was woven into cloath appeareth in that it was spunne by women as the other stuffe Exod. 35. 26. Verse 14. Tachash skinnes in Greeke Violet colour skinnes of them see Exod. 25. 5. These three sorts of Coverings served for the safetie of the Tent and things in the same from the injurie of the weather also by these covers and veils the people were kept from beholding the holy things as at the removing of the Tent likewise Num. 4. 5. 15. So they signified the safetie of Gods Church covered and hid
Greeke and other tongues but in the Chaldee it is Sh 〈…〉 It is a goodly stone transparent very hard of blew or skie-colour used therefore in heavenly visions as Exodus 24. 10. Eâ—â—kiel 1. 26. The Saphir and the S 〈…〉 ragd are the most pleasant and comfortable for the eye to looke upon Vpon this stone the name of Issachar was engraved Sardonyx This name seemeth to be made of thâ— S 〈…〉 and the Onyx stone named in Hebrew Iahalom of Sâ—â—ting and in Chaldee Sabh 〈…〉 that is bearing strokes for it is a very hard stone like the Adamant or Diamond and in Revelation 21. 20. is named in Greeke 〈◊〉 which by the name and by testimonie of 〈◊〉 booke 37. chapter 6. is mixed of a white and â—â—ddy colour shining like to the naile of a mans hand set into flesh On this gem Zabulon was graved so the Ierusalemy Thargum setting downe this second rew addeth Write plainely on them the names of the three Tribes Iudah Issachar Zabulon So in Genesis 46. in Exodus 1. 2. 3. in 1 Chronicles 2. 1. and often these two Issachar and Zabulon are joyned with the former foure Patriarches that so all Leahs children might be together Verse 19. Hyacinth or Iacinth that is of a bright purple colour by the Greeke it is translated the Ligure but some copies have for it the Hyacinth and so the Holy Ghost translateth it in Revelation 21. 20. In Hebrew it is named Leshem upon it Dan was graven and a citie called Leshem did afterwards fall unto the Tribe of Dan as this stone did portend and so Leshem was called Dan Ioshua 19. 47. Chrysoprase which name signifieth a golden greene so noting the colour of this stone In Heb. it is Shebâ— the common Greek version maketh it an Achate or Agate of which sort of stone there are many colours and some the best that are greene with a golden list which therefore the holy Ghost calleth a Chrysoprase in Revelation 21. 20. Naphtalims name was graven upon it So the two Sonnes of Bilhah Rachels maid are joyned together Amethyst called in Hebrew Achlama in the Greeke version and in Revelation 21. an Amethyst which is a stone of a wan purple colour and ruddie so being a warlike signe and Gad was graven on this stone whose warres were prophesied and his victories Genesis 49. 19. and had fulfilling in 1 Chronicles 5. 18. 19. 20. Here againe the Ierusalemy Thargum naming the third row of stones addeth Write plainely on them the names of the three Tribes Dan Naphtali and Gâ—d Vers. 20. Chrysolite which signifieth a golden stone for the glorious colour of it which is a golden Sea greene and shining The Hebrew name is Thâ—â—shish which is also the name of the Ocean Sea Psalme 48. 8. and accordingly the Chaldee 〈◊〉 it Crâ—â—â— jamma of the Sea-colour The Greeke version and Revelation 21. call it the Chrysolite Asâ—r was graven upon this stone who dwelled neere the Sea wiâ—h is brethren Bâ—ryll in Hebrew Shoham in the Greeke version and in Rev. 21. 29. it is called the Beryll so the Chaldee here elsewhere nameth iâ— Burla This was Iosephs stone on which he was engraved and on two of these stones all the Tribes were written v. 11. The Beryll is of the skie-colour but waterish and as there are many sorts of Berylls so have they many colours This stone is said to be precious Iob 28. 16. and in Ioseph Iosua Debora Gedeon Iephâ—he and Abdon the Iudges of Israel the glory of the Beryll shewed it selfe Iasper of the Hebrew Iashpeh and the Greeke Iaspis a stone of great worth and glory of which are many sorts of sundry colours some greene some azure or of aerie colour called therefore Aerizusa by Pliny in Booke 37. Chap. 8. some are party-coloured and spotted like Panthers therefore the Chaldee paraphrase here calleth it Pantere and the Chaldee on Song 5. 14. saith Benjamin was engraved upon Apantâ—r This last stone for the yongest Benjamin is the first foundation in the heauenly Ierusalem Revelat. 21. 19. The glory of this Iasper shined in Benjamins Tribe when the Temple of Solomon was there builded in Ierusalem Deuteronomy 33. 12. Iosua 8. 11. 28. and in particular persons as Ehud Iudg. 3. Mordecai and Ester but chiefly in Paul the Apostle who was of this Tribe Rom. 11. 1. whose writings are as a goodly Iasper shining among the precious stones of the Scripture Here also the Thargum Ierusalemy addeth to the stones of the fourth row Write plainly on them the names of the three Tribes Aser Ioseph and Benjamin set or fastened withiâ—â—â—llow places or oâ—ches of gold as the Hebrew word implyeth see verse 11. Vers. 21. according to or by their names and here the Greeke translation addeth according to their generations or birthes as was expressed in the 10. vers and is here againe implyed For in the same order that they were graven upon the Beâ—yls were they here set and graven upon twelve severall stones as they are here set downe in the page following Vpon the 1 Sardine was graven 1. Reuben Sonnes of Leah 2 Topaze 2. Symeon 3 Smaragd 3. Levi 4 Chalcedonie 4. Iudah 5 Saphir 5. Issachar 6 Sardonyx 6. Zabulon 7 Hyacynth 7. Dan Of Bilhah Rachels maid 8 Chrysoprase 8. Naphtali 9 Amethyst 9. Gad Of Zelpha Leahs maid 10 Chrysolite 10. Aser 11 Beryll 11. Ioseph Of Rachel 12 Iasper 12. Benjamin This order of names is before shewed out of the Ierusalemy Thargum the same is also expressed by the Chaldee paraphrast upon Son 5. 14. where speaking of the twelve tribes engraved on twelve precious stones he nameth them thus 1 Reuben 2 Symeâ—â— 3 Levi 4 Iudah 5 Issachar 6 Zabulon 7 Dâ—â— 8 Naphtali 9 Gaâ— 10 Aser 11 Ioseph 12 Benjamin who were like to the twelve celestiall signes bright as lamps and polished in their workes like 〈◊〉 and shining like Saphirâ— The same order we shewed also from Maimony to bee upon the two Berylls ver 10. except the transplacing of Bilhahs Sons like the engravings the Chaldee addeth written plainly like the engraving of a ring or signes Vers. 22. at the end or of equalitie see vers 14. The Greeke translateth mixed V. 25. before it or towards the forepart of it or of him that is the priest for both on the fore-part of the Ephod and before the priest did the Brestplate hang. Verse 26. border or edge Hebrew lip Verse 28 bind with high knots or they shalt lift up above c. The curious girdle of the Ephod was bound upon his heart under the Brest plate saith Maimony in the fore-said treatise Chap. 9. Sect. 11. loosed the Chaldee saith broken off The manner of fastening is by the Hebrews described thus There were made on each shoulder two rings one above on the top of the shoulder and another beneath the shoulder above the curious girdle And they fastened two 〈…〉 ings of gold in the two rings that were above they are called
opposite one to another see Exod. 26. 5. Vers 17. one curtaine the word one supplyed also in the Greeke is expressed in Exod. 26. 10. Vers. 18. for to be or that it might be the Greeke saith and it was one See Exod. 26. 11. Vers. 20. boards in Greek the pillars of the Tabonacle See Exod. 26. 15. c. Vers. 27. Seaward the Greeke interpreteth the part toward the Sea that is as the Chaldee translateth the West so Exod. 26. 22. Vers. 29. equally joyned or joyned-as-two-tw 〈…〉 see Exod. 26. 24. Vers. 30. under one or under every board which the Greeke explaineth thus two sockets for one pilâ— and two sockets for another pillar and so the Hebreâ— was in Exod. 26. 25. Vers. 32. of the Tabernacle in Exod. 26. 27. it is of the side of the Tabernacle and so the Greeke hâ—â— saith of the backeside of the Tabernacle Vers. 35. cunning workman in Greeke wovenworke It meaneth woven both sides alike see Exod 26. 31. Vers. 37. embroiderer or weaver with tinsel work See Exod. 26. 36. Vers. 38. their chapiters Hebr. their heads or tops In Exod. 26. 37. it was commanded to overlay them having spoken of the pillars fillets or hoops see Exod. 27. 10. CHAP. XXXVII 1 The making of the Arke 6 and the Covering-mercie-seat with Cherubims 10 The Table with the vessells thereof 17 The Candlesticke with the lampes and instruments thereof 25 The Altar of incense 29 The anointing oile and sweet incense AND Bezaleel made the Arke of Shittim wood two cubits and a halfe was the length therof and a cubit and a halfe the bredth thereof and a cubit and a halfe the height thereof And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without and made for it a crowne of gold round about And he cast for it foure rings of gold in the foure corners thereof and two rings were in the one side of it and two rings in the second side of it And hee made bars of Shittim wood and overlaid them with gold And hee put the bars into the rings by the sides of the Arke to bear the Arke And he made the Covering-mercie-seat of pure gold two cubits and a halfe was the length thereof and a cubit and a halfe the bredth thereof And he made two Cherubims of gold of beaten-worke made he them at the two ends of the Covering-mercie-seat One Cherub on the end on this side and one Cherub on the end on that side of the Covering-mercie-seat made he the two Cherubims on the two ends thereof And the Cherubims stretched-forth the wings on high covering with their wings over the Covering-mercie-seat and their faces were one to another towards the Covering-mercie-seat were the faces of the Cherubims And he made the Table of Shittim wood two cubits was the length thereof and a Cubit the bredth thereof and a cubit and a halfe the height thereof And he overlaid it with pure gold and made thereunto a crowne of gold round about And he made unto it a borber of an hand-bredth round about and made a crown of gold to the border thereof round about And he cast for it foure rings of gold and put the rings in the foure corners whith were on the foure feet thereof Over against the border were the rings the places for the barres to beare the Table And he made the barres of Shittim wood and overlaid them with gold to beare the Table And he made the vessels which were for the Table the dishes thereof and the cups thereof and the bowles thereof and the covers which were to cover withall of pure gold And hee made the Candlesticke of pure gold of beaten-worke made he the Candlesticke his shaft and his branch his bowles his knops and his flowers were of the same And six branches comming out of the sides of it three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it and three branches of the Candlesticke out of the second side of it Three bowles made-like-almonds in one branch a knop and a flowre three bowles made-like-almonds in the other branch a knop and a flowre so in the sixe branches that came-out of the candlestick And in the Candlestick were foure bowles made-like-almonds his knops and his flowers And a knop under two branches of the same and a knop under two branches of the same and a knop under two branches of the same to the sixe branches that came-out of it Their knops and their branches were of the same all of it was one beaten-worke of pure gold And he made the seven lamps therof and the tongs thereof and the snuff-dishes therof of pure gold Of a talent of pure gold made hee it and all the vessels thereof And he wade the Altar of incense of Shittim wood a Cubit was the length thereof and a cubit the bredth thereof foursquare and two cubits the height therof the hornes thereof were of the same And he over-laid it with pure gold the roofe thereof and the wals thereof round about and the hornes thereof he made unto it a crown of gold round about And two rings of gold made he to it under the crowne thereof by the two ribbes thereof upon the two sides of it for places for the barres to beare it withall And he made the barres of Shittim wood and overlaid them with gold And hee made the oile of holy anointing and the pure incense of sweet-spices the worke of the Apothecarie Annotations ARKE or Coffer whereof see Exodus 25. 10. c. Vers. 6. Covering-mercy-seat or Propitiatorie See Exod. 25. 17. c. Vers. 8. on the end or out of the end So after Vers. 9. stretched Hebrew were stretching or spreading So Exod. 25. 20. Vers. 16. dishes or chargers see the notes on Exod. 25. 29. Vers. 17. beaten worke out of one whole peece See Exod. 25. 31. c. Vers. 21. that came out of it namely of the Candlesticke as Exod. 25. 35. Vers. 25. of incense or of perfume See the notes on Exod. 30. 1. c. Vers. 26. roofe or top Exod. 30. 3. Vers. 29. holy anointing Hebrew unction of holinesse See Exod. 30. 25. incense in Greeke the composition see Exod. 30. 34. c. The recording of these particulars by Moses as in an Inventorie is to shew both the care which they had to make all things according to the patterne precepts given on the mount Ex. 25. 10. 40. and how God esteemed the obedience of his servants in that hee causeth their workes to be particularly written in his Register But chiefly to set forth the beauty of Gods Sanctuarie and furniture thereof which is worthy all serious consideration not so much for the outward worke as for the heavenly mysteries of the same Psal. 8â— Heb. 9. CHAP. XXXVIII 1 The making of the Altar of Burnt offring 3 with the vessels thereof 8 The Laver of brasse and the foot therof 9 The Court and hangings therof round about 20 The pinnes of the
the rings therof unto the rings of the Ephod with a lace of blew to be above the curious girdle of the Ephod and that the Brestplate bee not loosed from the Ephod And Aaron shal beare the names of the Sons of Israel in the Brestplate of judgment upon his heart when hee goeth in into the Holy place for a memoriall before Iehovah continually And thou shalt put in the Brestplate of judgment the Vrim and the Thummim and they shall be upon Aarons hart when he goeth in before Iehovah and Aaron shall beare the judgement of the Sonnes of Israel upon his heart before Iehovah continually And thou shalt make the Robe of the Ephod all of blew And there shall be a hole in the top of it in the mids thereof it shall have a binding for the hole round about of woven worke as the hole of an habergeon shall it have that it bee not rent And thou shalt make upon the skirts thereof Pomgranats of blew and of purple and of scarlet upon the skirts thereof round about bels of gold between them round about A bell of gold and a pomgranate a bell of gold and a pomgranate upon the skirts of the Robe round about And it shall be upon Aaron to minister and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the Holy place before Iehovah when he goeth out that he die not And thou shalt make a Plate of pure gold and shalt grave upon it like the engravings of a signet HOLINES TO IEHOVAH And thou shalt put it on a lace of blew it shall be upon the Miter upon the forefront of the Miter it shall be And it shall be upon Aarons forehead and Aaron shall beare the iniquity of the holy things which the Sons of Israel shall â—allow in all the gifts of their holy things and it shall be upon his forehead alwaies for favourable acceptation of them before Iehovah And thou shalt weave with circled worke the Coat of sine linnen and thou shalt make the Miter of fine linnen and thou shalt make the Girdle the worke of the Embroiderer And for Aarons Sonnes thâ—â— shalt make Coats and thou shalt make for them Girdles and Bonnets shalt thou maâ—â— for them for honour for beautifull glory And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother and upon his sonnes with him and shalt anoint them and fill their hand and sanctifie them that they may minister-in-the-priests-office unto mee And thou shalt make for them linnen breeches to cover the naked flesh from the loines even unto the thighes they shall be And they shall be upon Aaron and upon his sonnes when they goe in unto the Tent of the congregation or when they come neare unto the Altar to minister in the Holy place that they beare not iniquity and die it shall be a statute for ever to him and to his seed after him Annotations TAke nere or cause to come â—igh that is to present themselves unto thee Hitherto God hath appointed such holy things as pertained to his service now he giueth order for holy persons to administer before him minister in c. or execute the Priesthood This honour no man might take unto himself but he that was called of God as Aaron Heb. 5. 4. In this work Aaron chiefly figured out Christ secondarily all Christians whom hee hath made priests unto God Heb. 5. 5. Re. 1. 6. Vers. 2. of holinesse that is holy garments in Greeke an holy stole so called because they signified the holy graces of Gods Spirit wherewith Christ and his people should be clothed For such an high priest it became us to have as is holy harmlesse undefiled Heb. 7. 26. and Gods priests are to be clothed with justice and with salvation Psal. 132. 9. 16. and so are all the Saints Esay 61. 10. beautifull glory the Greeke translateth for honour and glory These two signifie the highest degree of dignitie honour inwardly in the heart and affections glory outwardly in the appearance and cariage as in Esay 28. 1. 4. glory or beauty is compared to a floure and in Esay 61. 3. it is opposed unto ashes As Iesus the son of Iosedek the high priest was clothed in filthy garments which signified iniquitie in him and his ministration Zach. 3. 3. 4. so these garments of honour and glory signified the holy and pure administration of Iesus the Son of God who offered himselfe without spot unto God to purge our conscience from dead workes Heb. 9. 14. by whom also his Church is clothed with garments of beautifull glory Esa. 52. 1. with fine linnen cleane and bright which is the righteousnesse of the Saints Rev. 19. 8. From this speech of honour and glory the Hebrew Doctors have delivered that the garments of the priests were to be new faire c. like the garments of great men If they were foule or torne or overlong or overshort c. and the Priest did his service in them it was unlawfull Every Priests garment that was made filthy they did not whiten it or wash it but leave it for threds or weke and put on new The high Prists garments when they were old were laid up in store and the white garments wherin he served on the fasting day mentioned in Lev. 16. 4. hee never served in them the second time but they were reserved in the place where 〈◊〉 put them off as it is written AND HE SHALL LEAVE THEM THERE Levit. 16. 23. and it was unlawfull to put them to any use The coats of the inferior Priests when they were worne old they made of them threds or weke for the Candlesticke continually Maimony in treat of the Implements of the Sanctuary chap. 8. Sect. 4. 5. 6. Vers. 3. whomsoever Heb. him whom I have filled Here God sheweth his Spirit to be the author and teacher of handicrafts the Prophet sheweth the like of husbandrie Esay 28. 24. 26. sanctifie or consecrate him that is to be a signe of his sanctification from God Therefore it was death to minister without these garments v. 43. and they are called holy garments verse 2. and in times following were laid up in holy chambers and the Priests might not weare them among the people to sanctifie them with their garments Ezek. 44. 19. Vers. 4. circled worke this differed from broidered worke which was of many colours but this coat was of one colour white being of fine linnen onely verse 39. but woven with circles or round hollow places like eyes wherefore the same word is after in v. 11. used for ouches or hollow places wherin stones were set Maimony in the forenamed treatise chap. 8. Sect. 16. saith The coats both of the high Priest and of inferiour priests were of circled worke that is had many hollow places or houses in the weaving like the hollow place of cups c. and a Girdle To these sixe adde the golden Plate or crowne verse 36. and the Breeches vers 42. so the high Priest