Exodus 38

Exodus 38:1

cubits. See App-51.

Exodus 38:2

brass. See note on Exodus 25:3.

Exodus 38:7

sides. Heb zel`a = rib, or side of the altar.

Exodus 38:8

lookingglasses = mirrors of polished metal. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:18.

assembling = doing service, or worshipping according to Egyptian practice. By using these for the laver this practice was abolished. Compare Numbers 4:23 (same word), and see Luke 2:3 Luke 2:7.

door = entrance.

tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. ’ohel. See App-40.

Exodus 38:9

side. Hebrew pe’ah, region, or quarter.

Exodus 38:10

sockets. See note on Exodus 27:10.

fillets = connecting rods.

Exodus 38:11

brass. See note on Exodus 25:3.

Exodus 38:14

side = shoulder. Hebrew. katheph.

Exodus 38:16

fine twined linen. See note on Exodus 35:23.

Exodus 38:20

tabernacle. Hebrew. mishkan. See App-40.

Exodus 38:21

counted = accounted.

Exodus 38:22

Bezaleel. Compare Exodus 31:2 and Exodus 35:30 – Exodus 36:7.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Exodus 38:23

cunning workman. See note on Exodus 26:1.

Exodus 38:24

offering wave offering. Hebrew. tenuphah. See Exodus 29:27, and App-43.

talents. See App-51.

shekel. See App-51.

Exodus 38:25

them that were numbered. The sanctuary was thus made (in part) out of the redemption money.

Exodus 38:26

bekah. See App-51.

man = poll.

Exodus 38:27

hundred. See App-10.

Exodus 38:28

chapiters = capitals.

and filleted them = and united them with connecting rods.

Exodus 38:30

door = entrance.