The Court. Ex o D US. XXVI I. The Oyle. 107 Thal' the Altar be, & three cubits the height z thereof. And thou Ihalt make the homes of it upon the foure corners thereof, of the fame (hallthe hornes of it be; and thou (halt 3 overlay it with braffe. And thou (halt make the pannes ofit to receive the alpes thereof, and the (hovels of it , and the batons ofit, and the ilefh- hookes of it , and the fire pans of it : all the veffels thereof thou (halt make 4 of brafhe. And thou (halt make for it a grate ofnet worke of braffe ; and thou fhalr make upon the net foure rings of braffe, in the foure utmoft parts thereof. And thou (halt put it under the compa(fe of the Altarbe- neath, and the net (hall be even to themidft of the Altar. And thou Liait make barres for the Altar, barres of Shictim wood,and (halt overlay them with braffe. And the bars 7 thereof (hall be put into the rings : and the barres (hall be upon the two fides of the Al. tarto bear it.Hollow with boards (Malt thou make it,even as he (hewed thee in the moun. taine,fo (hall they make it. And thou (halt make the Court of the 9 Tabernacle for the South fide fouthward ; Tapeftry hangings for the Court offine lin- nen twined, an hundred cubits length, for r o one fide.And the pillats thereof twenty,and their lockets twenty,of braffeithe hookes of the pillars and their fillets of frlver. And fo for the North fide in length,tapeftrie hang ings of an hundred (cubits) length;and the pillars thereof twenty, and their lockers twenty of braffe, the hookes of the pillars, t z and their fillets of filver.Andfor the bredth of the court on theWeftfrde,tapeftry hang- ings of fiftie cubits ; their pillars tenne, and 13 their fockets tenne. And the bredth ofthe Court on the Eaft fide Eaftward , fifty cu- 14 bits. And fifteenecubits the tapeftrie-hang. ings for the frdeetheirpillars three,and their 15 fockets three. And for the fecond fide, fif- teene (cubits,) the tapeftrie hangings, their 16 pillars three, and their fockets three. And for the gate of the Court, an hanging - veile, of twenty cubits, of blew, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine linnen twined, the worke of the Embroiderer: their pillars foure, and 17 their fockets foure. All the pillars of the Court round about Jima be filletted with fil - ver ; their hookes frlver , and their fockets 18 braffe. The length of the Court úa11 be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty with fifty; and the height five cubits, of fine lin - 19 J nen twined : and their locketsbraffe.All the veffels of the Tabernacle,for all the fervice 6 8 II thereof, and all the pinnes thereof , and all the pinnes of the Court,braffe. 19 El i] And thou (halt command the Tonnes of Ilrael,that they take unto thee, pure oile o. live, beaten for the Light, to caufe the Lambe to afcend up continually. In the Tent of the Congregation, without the veile,which before the Teftimony,Aaron and his tonnes (hall order it, from evening untomorning, before Jehovah : it (hall be a ftatute fer ever, unto their generations, on the bchalfe ofthe Tonnes 4f Ifrael. 20 2I .annotations. A Lear] in Hebrew, Mizbeab, in Greeke Th e- C1 fralerien,fo named of facrifiuf offered there- upon , and it was anointed, dedicated,fanftified to bee molt holy, that it might fanetifie the gifts offered theron,and whatfoever touched it thould be holy, Numb.7. i -88. Exod. 29.37. Matth 23. 19. It is called by the Prophets,A>iel, the Lion of God: and Harel,thesllountovreofGod Ezek.43.15. The Altar and facrificefignified Chrift,fanftify. ing himfelfe for his Church, & by his mediation fan fifying the daily fervice of his people,wher- ofaifo the Altar wasa publikelgne, Hobo. 13. 1 0,-15. Ioh.' 7.19. Era.' 9.19,2o.Gen.8.ao.and t 2.7. Sbitrim] in Gr. incorruptible wood : fee Exo. 25.5. fenrfquore]This forme fignifieth firmnes and Itabilitie: therefore the heavenly Jerufalem is foure fquare, Rev. r 2. 16. fo was the figure of it, Eze.4$8.zo. & the molt holy place its the Temple & Tabernacle,a Chro.3.8.The Altar prophefped of under the Gofpell, though it be much larger, (becaufe the worlhipppers are increafed all over the world) yet is it afrofourefquare,Ezek.43.16. Veda. bernes]which were not only for orna- ment,but to keep things front falling off theAl- tar,for the bornes were upward,Eze.43. t 6. And homes ufually fignifying power & might, (Hab. 3.4. Lant.2. ;. Jer. 48. 2 5.) thefe foure homes of the Altar, fignified the power & glory ofChrifts Priefthood,for the falvation of his Church, ga- thered front the foure corners of the earth. braf]which was ftrong and durable,forto beare the fire that continually burned upon this altar: hereby figuring .Chrifis fufferance of Gods wrath and affhiftions,without being corìfumed or over- come,Joh.6.1 z.So moanraines ofbrafe,fignifie Gods invincible providence,Zach.6.1. and Ebrifis bra- zenfeer,Rev.r.s5. and the man li brag in Ezek. 40.3. have like myfterie of ltrength,and invinci- bleneffe. See alto Job 40.18. Mich.4.13. So the iniiruments of the Altar here followit.g. Verl3. fkovels]inftruments to take away antes, or any filth. Such Hiram made alto in Solomons Temples King. 7.40,45, boffins] or bewks, in Greeke, vialls, there were to hold liquid things, as 1 2 3
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