EXODUS XXX. The Incenfe Altar. 125 This is the reafon and force of the name, why it was called the Ta(ternacle of congregation (or, of mee- ting) becaufe there God and his people met toge- ther ; he to inform them by his Word, they to worlhip him, and to receive his oracles. See Ex. 40.34. Levis. t.i. and 9.23. 24. Num. la. and 7. 89. and 12.4.5. and 54.1o. and 6.19.42.44. 43 Verf.43. he (bad] or it(hall, meaning Ifrael, the Church, and every member of the fame. my glory] my glorious pretence, which oftenthere appeared, as is before (hewed, and as did after in Solomons Temple, r King.8.1o. . Eray 6.1.3. 5. and in Chrilts Church under the Gofpell,R.ev. 21.11. 23.Efay,6o.1. z. And this was that which truely Caned fled the Tabernacle and Church,and all things in them ; not blood or oyle, or any o- ther outward thing; which, did faniliie but at touching thepurifying of thefiefh, Hebrew 9.13.2 2.23.. and 10.1.I0. 45 Vert 45. will dwell] this was the fignification of theTabernacle , that God dwelled with men, Exod.25. 8. Halm. 78.60. and fo now with us in Chrilt,Revel.21.3.Zach.z.ro. And of this He7 brew Shacan, that is, dwell, the Hebrewes ufually call Gods Majefty in his Church, Sheei nab,that is, habitation; and fo the gifts of the holy Ghoft tinto his people. And in this place, the Chaldee tranflateth I will fettle my habitation (or divine pre- tence) amongff the finites of Ifrael: and under thefe figurativefpeeches,eternall life in the pretence of God, was promifed unto then, Levit. 26. 11, It. lob.' 4.2.3. and 17.21- Pfalm.r6.11. thereof: and thou (haltmake unto it a crown of gold roundabout. And two rings ofgold fhalt thou make to ir, under the crowne of it ; by the two ribs thereof , upon the two fides of it (halt thou make them : and they (hall be for places for the barres to beare it withall. And thou (halt make the barres of Shittim wood, and (halt overlay them with gold. And thou (halt put it before the veile, which is by the Arkeof the Tetlimony,be- fore the. Covering-mercy-feat which is o ver the Te(limony, where i wall ,meet with thee. And Aaron fhallburne thereon incenfe of fwect- fpices every morning when hee dre(feth the lamps , hee (hall burne it. And when Aaron caufeth the lampes to afcend, betweene the two evenings hee (hall burne it : a continuall incenfe before Iehovah, throughout your generations. Yee Mall not offer thereon ((range incenfe or burnt -offe- ring; or meat - offring: and drinke- offiino, yee (hall not poore out thereon: AndAaron mall make - atonement upon the hornes of it, once in the yeare : with the blood of the fin- offring of atonements,once in the yeare, (hall hemake atonement upon it throughout your generations; it is holy of holies, unto Iehovah. MAAMAAAMAAMAIMAAAM AA Cxnr. XXX. s, God commandeth to make the Altarof 6, which Amid be 'jet before the veile by the Ark. 7, on which the Priel fbould burne tncenfe every morning; io, and once in the yeare make atonement upon the horses of it. 12, When Ifrael fhottkl benumbred, every man muff gize ha f a fhekell of money for the ranfome of hit fink , that hee dyednot. 57, A commandement to make the brazen Laver, with the foot thereof, and to put water therein, for the Prieffs to waft, their hands andfeet daily. 22, How to make the holy Anointing Doyle. 26, and what things fhould be anointed with it. 32, Other menmay not of it, or make the like. 34, The eompofntion andma- king of the Incenfi. 36, and ufe thereof. 57, Men may not make the like, for tbemfelves. e N D thou fhalt make an altar; an in- cenfe -altar of incenfe of Shittim a wood (halt thou make it. A cubit (hall be the length thereof, and a cubit the bredth thereof; foure fquare (hall it be,and two cu- hits the height thereof . the hornes thereof 3 /hall be of the fame. And thou fhalt overlay it with pure gold, the roofe thereof, and the walls thereof round- about, and the homes 4 S 6 7 8 91 Io And Iehovah fpaké nto Mofes , faying, When thou takeft the fum of the Sonnes of Ifrael , by thofe that are to be numbred of them ; then (hall they give every man the ranfome of his foule unto Iehovah , when thou numbreff them: that there be no plague among!! them when thou numbreft them. This they (hall give , every one that paffeth among them that are numbred ; halfe a fhe- kell , by the ihekell of the Sanétuary: the fhekell is twenty gerahs' ; an halfe fhekell (hall he an heave - offring to Iehovah. Every one that paffeth among them that are num- bred, from twenty yeares old, and above : he (hall give the heave - offring of Jehovah. The rich (hall notgive.more, and the poore r 5 (hall norgive.leffè, then halfe a fhekell; in giving the heave - offring of lehovah,to make atonement for your foules: And thou (halt 16 take the flyer of the atonement, of the Ions of Ifrael, and fhalt give it; for the fervice of the Tent of the congregation : and it (hall he for a memorial! for the Sonnes of Ifrael before Iehovah to make atonement for your foules. And Iehovah fpake unto Mo- les, laying; Thou (halt allo make a Laver of braffe, and his foot of braffe, to wa(h : and L l :; thou 13 14 7 18
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