EXODUS XXV; 99 !bow'es made like almonds, in the other branch a kuop and a flower: fain the fixe branches that come out of the Candleltick. 34 And in the Candleftick fiialbe fourebowles made like almonds,his knops & his flowers. 35 Í And there lhalbe a knop under two branches of thefame, and a knop under two branches of the fame,and a knop undertwo branches of the fame, to the Gx branches, that co lie 36 out of the Candleflick.Their knops & their branches ú3al be of the fame: all of it(hall be 37 one beaten worke of pure gold. And thou (halt make the feven lamps thereof : and he Thal caulk the lamps therofto afcend up,and (hal caufe to give light over againft the face 38 of it. And the tongsthereof,and the fnuffe- 39 dillies thereof, (Bell be of pure gold. of a ta- lent of pure gold fhall he make it, with all 4o thefe veffels. And fee that thou make them according to their paterne, which thou waft (hewed in the mount. Annotations. 0 D Here beginneth the i 9 Se &ion orLe&ure of the Law. See Gen.6.9. 3 TAkefor me]or,take unto me,that is,take and give I (or king) tente me. See the notes on Gen. a 5 9 TheGr.tranflateth, and fay thou,takeye unto me firil fruits. of fring] or,heave raring : an obl.aion,wh i c h was taken up and feparated,out ofa mans goods; and uCually (in the facritices) was heaved or lif- tedup,when it was prefented unto the Lord,Ex- od.z9.27. but generally the word is ufed for all things feparated&given unto God, even land it fol fe Ez k 48.8,9,10,20:The Chaldee tranllateth it ,a Jèparmion: fo doth the Grin many places,but he e the Greek is, firfl fruits. mak him willing] or,mevehim to reillingnel and hberalitie.The Grin - terpreteth it,of all to whom itfhall frame good intheir heart. That which is here fpoken of the heart, is alío fàid of the fßirit,Exo 35.21. And a like wil- ling offring, was by David te the princes for the matter of the Temple, a Chro. 29.3,5,9,!4, &c. And fo all the miniftration of Gods people,ought to be of a ready and willing minde, Ezra 2.68. and 3.5. Neh.1 1.2. z Cor.8. r 1,1 z. 3 Verf 3 and bra(] There three, are the riche((, pareft, & molt glorious mettals,they come out of the bowels of the earth,Iob z8.1,2. Deu.8.9.The Scripture ninth them to fignifie perfons, king - domes,and other things, that are molt precious, pure and durable,Lam.4.2.Dau.2.32,38,39 Rev. 1.20. Pfà.12.7,aud 59.1o. Prov.8. t 9. Ezek.4o.3. Zach.4.tz. and 6,1. And God promifiug to ere& the glorious Church of the Gofpell,faith;Fer breffe /mil/bring Gold, and for iron filver, and for mod braffè, ECay 60.17. The Jewes,as R.Menacbem upon this place, ()Verve, how no Iron was in the ftuffe of the Tabernacle, and doe compare 1 King.6.7. where no took of iron mar heard in the hoge (of Solo - mon)rrbi/e it was in building: Iron is often tiled to fignifie wars and hard allli&ion,Iudg.4.3 D2n.2. 40. and 7.7. Kin.8. 51. Pfal. to7. r o. Howbeit for Solousons Temple , iron alto was prepared, 1 Chro11.29.2,7. 2 Chro.2.7. V.4.Blew]or byarinth,as the Gr.tranflateth. Al- though the blew,purpk,& far /et here, are colours only,& Moresexpreffeth not the thiffe coloured: yet Paul affirming that farlet wool! was ufed in sprinkling of the blood Hebr. 9.19. feemeth to teach, that the fcarkt fpoken of in the Law,was wool died: and the like we may fay of the other colours. Thus alto the Hebrew Do&orsexplaine them. The blew ff oken of i'e any place mar woolldyed like the body oftbe beavens,(that is,skie colour.)Tbe pur- ple wet wóoil died red G the fcarkt war wool died in far- let,faith Maim. in treat.ofthe Irnplementsofrhe fan- linary,c.8.f 13. The blew was a thing ufed & worn of Princes and great perfonages; and the nations clad the images of their gods with k, Iere.to.9. Effh.i.6.Ezek.23.6.& 27.7,24.The fame was allo in Solomonstemple,2 Ghr.2.7,i4. pu,ple]fo we cal, it of the Gr. porpleura: the name of afhel -fifb called the :purple; it is like an oilfer,& hath in it a liquor,wch is used to make the parfis die of great efteenie, as Pliny fheweth In his nat. {tiff. b. 9.ch 36, The Hebr.isAgaman,(and as Ezra writeth it af- ter the Chald. manner,Argevan.z Chro.2.7,14.) from whence it feemeth the Gr. have borrowed Amo gie the name of an herbe or reed , which is ufed co die purple.This alto is a princely colour, and ufèd both for civili & religious honor,Dan. 5 .7,29.Efth.8.15.Ier.eo.9.Luk.16 i 9.Rév.l8. i z. farlet]ar jennies twin died,as the Heb.tolrgnath fbsni, importeth. That which was anfwerabie to this in Solomons Temple, is called by another name Carmil,that is,erimfin, z Chro.2.7, r 4. and 3 144 but the Greek there & here tranflateth alike, coeeinon, fcar/et. This a1.ò is a glorious colour,ler. 4 3 o.Lam.4.5. Purple and fearkt are put fometime one for another; as,rhey clothed him withpurple,Mar. i S. r 7. they put on him alearkt robe , Mat.27.28. for which another faith , they put ón him a purple robe, oh. r 9.2. Thefe three died colours,reprefented blood of all forts,& fo figured unto the Church, how both themfelves and their à &ions fhould be wafted & died in the blood ofChriit,into whofè death they arc baptifèd, Rev.1.5. & 7.14. Rom. 6.3.Chrilt alto himfelfe,warring againft his ene- mies,appeared in garments died red,& glorious, Efa.63.1,2. &c. Rev.' 9.13. So the Gr. & Latines have applied the purple colour to blood, and bloody death; as porpbureos thanatos, purple deatb,rn Homer, B. 5. and be vomited his purple fule, that is, his life blood ; Yirgil Æn. 9. and the like. fine !amen] or filken woof. A thing which grew in E- gypt, called Sbefb Ezek. 27.7. audit h princely clothing was made,Gen.41.42. The Grecke and Chaldce téanflate it By and to the ftuffeufed in Solomons Temple is called buts, that is, Byfi, 2 Citron. 2.14. and 3.14. Likewife the Hebrew Do&ors fay, What place foezer in the Law fjealeethof Shefh, or of Bad (a kind, of linen mentioned in I i 2 Exod. 4.
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