Exodus 38

shekels] Which remained above the 100 talents; see note at ver. 25.

Chap. XXXIX. ver. 3. And they did beat &c.] The under-workmen beat the gold into very thin plates, and then cut it into wires or small threads of gold. It ap-

of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

— to work it in the blue, &c.] To twist it together with threads of blue, &c. so as to form one thread. Bp. Patrick.

Before CHRIST 1491.