/ IIIPd11'1111iWIfW'tll/// IO2 EXODUS XX V. they covered, his prìeflhood,Rom.3.25. and tke voice which ipake from the fame, his prophefieo Num.7.89.Hcb.r.1,z.Iudg.20.27. one to ano- ther] Hebr. man to his brother. 22 Ver.22.will meet] or will convene,at fet times,and to appoint and order things for theChurch , as the words following do explain. Hereupon the Tabernaclewherin this Arke waa,had the name, the Tabernacle ofMeeting(or of the Congregation)where I will meet with thee, Exod. 30.36. The Chaldee tranflateth, I will appoynt my word to thee there : the Gr. I will bee Ito owne to thee from thence. So this was the figne of Gods pretence with, and dire&ion of his Church,as before is noted on ver. t 8. The Hebrew Do&ors fay,that the heart of mania anfwe- rable to the mall holy place of the Santluary, wherein was the Ark, and theCovering- mercie tea , mud the Cheru- bims : whereby we are taught, that as in the Santluarie Gods Majeßie(Sbecinah)dwelled, becaufe there was the Ark, and the T ables,and shy Cherubim,; fo the heart of man, it it meet that a place bee made there for the divine Majefiie to dwell in; andthat it be the Holy of Holies. $. Eliot, in Sepher refhitbcboemah, treat.of Hoainee, chap .7,fol.219. 2f Veri25. a border] orclofore, that is, a border to fallen the feet of the table together. ,Verf.27.places]Hebrew, hcufes. VerC29.4bes] or chargers , wherein the bread 29 was let on the table. Of fuch there is alto menti- on in Nune.7. r 3.84. made of flyer foroth tole. cups] or difbes;for incenfe to be put in,as ap- peareth by Num.7.t4. and incenfe was with the fhewbread,as is manifefl by Lev,24.7. They have their name in 'Hebrew Copped/ of being hollow, like the hollow of the hand,or as a fpoone:wher- npon Come tranllate thempones. The Hebr..Gy, there were two of theft cups,in each wherof was an handfull of incenfe:and they had verges at the bottome,that they might real upon the table;and they were let befiyle the two rowes of bread.Mai- wony inMifueh, treat.ofthe Daily facrifices, chap .5. fill. z. covers therof, and bawler therof]or (as the Hebr.D9 &ors underhand it) props thereof,and pipes thereof In the firft fenfe,we may take there to bee for covering the bread in the difhes, and the in- cenfe in the cups : and fo it accordeth with the words following,ro sever witball.And that not the latter of their two, were to cover with, but the former altoappeareth by Num.4.7.And in rela- ting this, Mores changeth the order of thefe words,faying,in Ex.3 7. t 6.the hawks thereofand the covers thereofIn the latter fenfe,thefe ferved for the bread only; which the Hebrewes explaine thus; Ke fotbaiu (which we Englith the covers tbereef)were (Seniphin) props ; Menaht.jotbaiu (which we Eng- lifh she bowler thereof) were (Karim) reeds, Tbere werefoursprops ofgold, that fayed up (the bread) two for the one row,and two for the other row : and 28. reeds (of gold)which were as holfe a hollow reed (or pipe:) foierteene fir one row, and fourteene for theother. Tleeyfit one cake on the table,and after put upon it three reeks(or halfpipes: )andupon the reeds another eake,and after that again three reeds and upon them the thirdea(e,and after that three reeds, upon them the fourth eakc,and then three ruder : upon them the jlft rake, and then two reeds , and upon thole two reeds, the _lint cake. Thalmud Sah. in Menacbotb,Cbap.t s. and Rambam ( or Alaimo)) is his expofition on the fame. The like R Solomon Iambi on Exod,25.v.oteth; fave that he differeth in the names, laying of the ßrí1, Kefotbaiu , that they were Tile halfe reeds , hollow made ofgold , upon, which the breadwar fit , and shay divided one sake from another that aire might gather, between them that they might not mould (orpmrile.) -Met kkijothaix, which the Chaldee eallerh the meafures thereof ( bee faith ) were Frappes like flake, of golde, paneling on the ground,and they reached higher then the table, to high as the rower of bread, and were forked (or notched) with five forks one above another; and the ends of sloe rendes which were between every cake flayed upon thole forks, that the weight of the upper cafes might not beta boa --vie for the masher , and breake them. The reafon hereof was,for that the Table asMofes aheweth in verC 23.was but one cubit that is, fixe hand bredths) broad , and two cubits long: and every of the twelve cakes, (as the Hebrewes write ) was tome hand-breadtbs long, and five broad; and they fet the length of the cakes on the breadth of the table. Thalmrtd in Menachotb, Chapter t r. So the ends of the cakes hanging over , were flayed np by thofe props. The Greeke, for Covers tranflateth Spendeia, that is , veflr to pore out with : and bowler they call Kuatboi, cups. Of thefe there is mention alto in Numb.4.7. t Chro.28.17, and Jere.52. r6. to cover witbaff ] or , with which they (ball cover ; to wit,the table, and furnilh it : or, the cakes and the incenfe. The original! word fignifieth alto to paure out ; and fo the Greeke tranflateth, with which thou fbalt pours out , (Speifeie) as before the Greeke called the Covers Spondeia, penning velar. but of fuck I know ito ufe at this table. pure gold] wherupon the Table is alto called the pure table, Levit. 24.6. Verf.3o. Sbewbread] inHebrew called Bread of fans, oref pre fenee; becaufe they were to bee let before the face, or in the pretence of God conti- nually. The Hebrew Do&ors give alto another reafon, becaufe every cake was made fquare , and fo had as it were many feces. The length of every Cabe (they fay) was ten band-breadth;, and the breadth fare band- breadths, and the height (even fingers. Maimany, treat.ofthe daily faerifices, c.5. f.9. The holy Gholi in Gr. calleth it breadofpropofrtion,Mark.2.26.and in a contrary girder, the propofition of bread (or of eakes)Heb.9.2. that is, with us,Shew- bread, which didthewand prefem themfelves to the Lord upon the table in (lead of Ifrael. For there were made every weeke twelve cakes, according to the number of the r 2 tribes of Ifrael;to make every cake was taken two tenth deaki of an Epha, or hufhell of fine flowre,thefe,witopure incenfe were Cet every fabbath new upon the table, in two rowes , fix on a row; and the old bread was then taken away , Sr eaten by the Priefts : fee Levit.24.55'9with the annota- tions there. As the ..//r4 fignified the pretence of God in his Church, fo this table with the twelve Cakes, fignified the multitude of the faithful prefented unto God in his Church, as upon a pure jo ZIMIPW al'/ILai /rt1P14.i -ree s1taun ii
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