25:2a Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me
an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his
heart ye shall take my offering.
(a) After the moral and judicial law he gives them the
ceremonial law that nothing should be left to man's
invention.
25:3 And this [is] the offering which ye shall b take of them;
gold, and silver, and brass,
(b) For the building and use of the tabernacle.
25:5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and c
shittim wood,
(c) Which is thought to be a kindred of Cedar, which will
not rot.
25:6 Oil for the light, spices for d anointing oil, and for
sweet incense,
(d) Ordained for the priest.
25:8 And let them make me a e sanctuary; that I may dwell
among them.
(e) A place both to offer sacrifice, and to hear the law.
25:16 And thou shalt put into the ark the f testimony which I
shall give thee.
(f) The stone tables, the rod of Aaron and manna which
were a testimony of God's presence.
25:17 And thou shalt make a g mercy seat [of] pure gold: two
cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a
cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
(g) There God appeared mercifully to them: and this was a
figure of Christ.
25:29 And thou shalt make the h dishes thereof, and spoons
thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover
withal: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them.
(h) To set the bread upon.
25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of]
beaten i work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft,
and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers,
shall be of the same.
(i) It shall not be molten, but beaten out of the lump of
gold with the hammer.
25:39 [Of] a k talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all
these vessels.
(k) This was the talent weight of the temple, and weighed
120 pounds.
