Annotations.
THen did] or, Then made Bezaleel, &c. that is, be∣gan [unspec 1] to doe, or to worke. Some referre this to the end of the former Chapter, and translate, And Bezaleel shall doe, &c. which interpretation the He∣brew well beareth. But the Greeke translateth, And Beseleel did.
Vers. 2. And Moses] or, For Moses had called, As they had gifts of wisedome from God, so were they also to have a calling unto the worke: as Aa∣ron had unto the priesthood, Lev. 8. Heb. 54.
Vers. 3. they tooke from before Moses] so the Chal∣dee also translates it: the Greeke, they received of Moses. every morning] Hebr. in the morning in the morning. So in v. 4. man man, that is, every man. This noteth their zeale and diligence: for so the morning often signifieth, Psal. 5. 4. and 101. 8. Esay 50. 4. Ier. 21. 12.
Vers. 4. wise] that is, skilfull men. In this sense Paul useth the word wise, in 1 Cor. 3. 10. from his worke] or, as the Greeke translateth, according to his worke, for so the Hebrew phrase sometime sig∣nifieth, as in Ezek. 7. 27.
Vers. 6. a voice] that is, a proclamation: the Chal¦dee saith, a cryer; and the Greeke, he cryed (or pro∣claimed.) make any more worke] that is, make ready any more stuffe to worke with. So in the verse following.
Vers. 7. the worke] that is, the stuffe for the work: as vers. 6. to be overplus] or, to remaine over: that is, too much. Thus the people shewed their ready obedience unto that part of the Law, which con∣sisted in outward ordinances of service, and for the making of a worldly Sanctuary, (as the Apostle calleth it, Heb. 9. 1.) whereas in the former Law, which God had himselfe spoken from heaven they had shewed their headstrong disobedience. Exo∣dus 32.
Vers. 8. the Tabernacle] or Habitacle: see the notes on Exod. 26. 1. &c. This is first made (though in the commanding of these things, the Arke, Table, and Candlesticke were first mentioned, Exod. 25) because it was to receive and containe those holy things, which might not stand without their Te〈…〉〈…〉 or Habitation, 1 Chron. 15. 1. and 16. 1.
Vers. 9. cubits] or by the cubit, which is a foot and an halfe; see Exod. 26. 2.
Vers. 10 to another] Hebr. to one, meaning to the fellow of i••, called the sister, in Exod. 26. 3.
Vers. 11. edge] Hebr. lip, so Exod. 26. 4.
Vers. 12. being one right-over] or or receiving one to another: the Greeke hath, opposite one to another: see Exod. 26. 5.
Vers 17. one curtaine] the word one (supplyed also in the Greeke) is expressed in Exod. 26. 10.
Vers. 18. for to be] or, that it might be: the Greeke saith, and it was one. See Exod. 26. 11.
Vers. 20. boards] in Greek, the pillars of the Tabo∣nacle. See Exod. 26. 15. &c.
Vers. 27. Seaward] the Greeke interpreteth, the part toward the Sea, that is, as the Chaldee transla∣teth, the West: so Exod. 26. 22.
Vers. 29. equally joyned] or, joyned-as-two-tw〈…〉〈…〉 see Exod. 26. 24.
Vers. 30. under one] or under every board; which the Greeke explaineth thus, two sockets for one pil••, and two sockets for another pillar; and so the Hebre•• was, in Exod. 26. 25.
Vers. 32. of the Tabernacle] in Exod. 26. 27. it is of the side of the Tabernacle; and so the Greeke h•••• saith, of the backeside of the Tabernacle.