Annotations.
ALtar] whereof see Exod. 27. 1. &c. foure-square,] [unspec 1] the Greeke explaineth it, the altar was fouresquare. So Exod. 27. 1. Ezek. 43. 16.
Vers. 8. Laver] see the notes on Exod. 30. 18. &c. [unspec 8] assembling-by-troopes,] or, warring, to wit, the Lords spirituall warfare and service: as the Chaldee translateth, which came to pray; and the Gr. which fa∣sted: and Thargum Ierusalemy; which were humbled. The same word is used againe in 1 Sam. 2. 22. of women that assembled-by-troopes at the doore of the Ta∣bernacle: that is, came to pray, as the Chaldee there also saith. So Anna in the Temple served God with fastings and prayers night and day, Luk. 2. 37. and Paul speaketh of the desolate widow, that trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day, 1 Tim. 5. 5. Accordingly Moses speaketh of the Levites that entred in to warre the warfare, (that is, to performe the service,) and to doe the worke in the Tabernacle, Num. 4. 23. And Paul saith to Ti∣mothie, that thou by them mightest warre a good war-fare, 1 Tim. 1. 18. so that this phrase is usuall, to signifie the service of God. Now of the brazen loo∣king-glasses of these religious women, was the La∣ver made: who gave the instruments whereby they drest their bodies, to make the instrument whereby through faith they might sanctifie their soules. See before, on Exod. 30. 18. 19.
Vers. 9. Court] whereof, see Exod. 27. 9. [unspec 9] [unspec 12]
Vers. 12. sea] that is, the west, as the Chaldee ex∣ponndeth it, see Gen. 12. 8.
Vers. 14. the side] that is, the one side; to wit, of the [unspec 14] Court gate, as after the text sheweth. See Ex. 27. 14.
Vers. 17. chapiters] or heads, tops: so after, in verse [unspec 17] 19. 28. filleted] or, hooped.
Vers. 18. hanging-veile] of it, see Exod. 27. 16. [unspec 18] [unspec 20]
Vers. 20. pins] or nailes, stakes: see Exod. 27. 19.
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Here beginneth the 23. Section of the Law, see Gen. 6. 9. and 28. 10.
Vers. 21. counted things] that is, the summe and particulars of the things about the making of the [unspec 21] Tabernacle; which the Greeke translateth the con∣stitution, (or, construction) of the Tabernacle. the mouth] that is, the word as the Chaldee expoun∣deth it, or commandement. Ithamar] under his hand, the Levites of Merari, had charge of the boards, bars, pillars, sockets, pins, coards, &c. about the Tabernacle and Court thereof, Num, 4. 29. 33.
Vers. 24. occupied] Hebr. made, in Greek, wrought. offring] Heb. wave-offring; as the offring of it, is [unspec 24] also called waving, Exodus 35. 22. It was likewise called an heave-offring, Exodus 25. 2. what these two motions meant, see the notes on Exod. 29. 24. 27. talents] every talent was 120. pound weight; for a talent weighed three thousand shekels, and every shekell 320. graines of Barley; see the notes on Gen. 20. 16. and Exod. 25. 39. This is confirmed by the summe here following, in verse 25. 26. for 603550. men, paying every one halfe a shekel, it amounted to 100. talents, and 1775. shekels.
Vers. 26. Bekah] this, in the next words, is ex∣pounded [unspec 26] to be halfe a shekel; see the notes on Gen. 24. 22. The Greeke translateth it, a drachme (or dram,) as a shekel is sometime turned in Greeke di∣drachme, a double dram, see Gen. 20 16. a poll] Hebrew a skul, which the Greeke translateth head, used for the person or whole man. So in Ex. 16. 16. old] Hebrew, son of 20, yeeres; see the notes on Genesis 5. 32.