Annotations upon the five bookes of Moses, the booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, or, Canticles VVherein the Hebrevv vvords and sentences, are compared with, and explained by the ancient Greeke and Chaldee versions, and other records and monuments of the Hebrewes: but chiefly by conference with the holy Scriptures, Moses his words, lawes and ordinances, the sacrifices, and other legall ceremonies heretofore commanded by God to the Church of Israel, are explained. With an advertisement touching some objections made against the sinceritie of the Hebrew text, and allegation of the Rabbines in these annotations. As also tables directing unto such principall things as are observed in the annotations upon each severall booke. By Henry Ainsworth.

CHAP. XXXIX.

1, The making of the garments of ministery, and holy garments for the Priests. 2, The Ephod. 8, The Brest-plate. 10, The setting of the twelve precious stones, in foure rowes, upon it. 15, The chaines, ouches, and rings of it. 22, The Robe of the Ephod, with the pomgranats, and bells, on the skirts thereof. 27, The Coats, Miter, Bonnets, and Girdle of fine-linnen. 30, The plate of the holy Crowne, tyed to the Miter. 32, All the worke is finished, 33, and brought unto Moses by the particulars. 43. Moses vieweth all the worke, and seeing it to be done as the Lord had commanded, he blesseth them.

AND of the blew, and purple, and scarlet, they made the garments of [unspec 1] ministerie, to minister in the Holy-place: and made the garments of holinesse, which were for Aaron, as Iehovah comman∣ded Moses.

And he made the Ephod of gold, of blew, [unspec 2]

and purple, and scarlet, and fine-linnen twi∣ned. And they did beat-thin, the plates of [unspec 3] gold: and he cut wiers, to worke it in the blew, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine-linnen: with the worke of a cun∣ning-workman. They made shoulder. peeces [unspec 4] for it, joyning together, at the two edges thereof, it was joyned together. And the cu∣rious-girdle [unspec 5] of his Ephod, which was upon it, was of the same, according to the worke thereof; of gold, of blew, and purple and scar∣let, and fine-linnen twined, as Iehovah com∣manded Moses.

And they wrought Beryll stones inclosed, [unspec 6] in ouches of gold: engraven, like the engra∣vings of a signet; with the names of the Sons of Israel. And he put them on the shoulders [unspec 7] of the Ephod, stones of memoriall, for the sons of Israel: as Iehovah commanded Moses.

And he made the Brestplate, the worke of [unspec 8] a cunning-workman, like the worke of the E∣phod: of gold, of blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine-linnen twined. It was foure-square; [unspec 9] doubled did they make the Brestplate; a span the length thereof, and a span the bredth thereof, doubled. And they embossed in it, [unspec 10] foure rowes of stones, a row, a Sardius, a Topaz, and a Smaragd; the first row. And the second row, a Chalcedonie, a Saphir, [unspec 11] and a Sardonyx. And the third row: an Hy∣acinth, [unspec 12] a Chrysoprase, and an Amethyst. And the fourth row, a Chrysolite, a Beryll [unspec 13] and a Iasper: inclosed in ouches of gold, in their embossments. And the stones were [unspec 14] with the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names: like the engravings of a signet, every-man with his name, accor∣ding to the twelve tribes. And they made upon the Brestplate, chaines at the end of [unspec 15] wreathen worke, of pure gold. And they made two ouches of gold, and two rings of [unspec 16] gold: and put the two rings upon the two ends of the Brestplate. And they put the two wreathings of gold in the two rings, on the [unspec 17] ends of the Brestplate. And the two ends of [unspec 18] the two wreathings, they fastened on the two ouches: and put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, before it. And they made two [unspec 19] rings of gold, & put them upon the two ends of the Brestplate, upon the border thereof, which was in the side of the Ephod, inward. And they made two (other) rings of gold, and [unspec 20] put them on the two shoulders of the E∣phod underneath towards the forepart ther∣of, overagainst the coupling thereof, above the curious-girdle of the Ephod. And they [unspec 21] did binde the Brestplate, by the rings therof, unto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blew, to be above the curious-girdle of the Ephod, and that the Brestplate might not be loosed, from the Ephod: as Iehovah com∣manded Moses.

And he made the Robe of the Ephod, of [unspec 22] [unspec 23] woven worke: all of blew. And there was a hole of the Robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of an habergeon: with a binding for the hole thereof, round about, that it should not be rent. And they made upon the skirts of [unspec 24] the Robe, pomgranats, of blew, and purple, and scarlet: twisted. And they made bells of [unspec 25] pure gold: & put the bells between the pom∣granats, upon the skirts of the Robe, round-about, between the pomgranats. A bell and a [unspec 26] pomgranat, a bell and a pomgranat, upon the skirts of the Robe, round-about, to minister in: as Iehovah commanded Moses.

And they made Coats of fine-linnen, of [unspec 27] woven worke, for Aaron, and for his sonnes. And a Miter of fine-linnen, and goodly-orna∣ments, [unspec 28] Bonnets of fine-linnen: and linnen breeches of fine-linnen twined. And a girdle [unspec 29] of fine-linnen twined, and of blew, and pur∣ple, and scarlet, the worke of the Embroide∣rer: as Iehovah commanded Moses.

And they made the Plate of the crown of [unspec 30] holinesse, of pure gold: and wrote upon it a writing, like the ingravings of a signet; HO∣LINESSE TO IEHOVAH. And they put upon it a [unspec 31] lace of blew, to put it upon the Miter, on high: as Iehovah commanded Moses.

And all the worke of the Tabernacle of the [unspec 32] Tent of the Congregation, was finished: and the sonnes of Israel did; according to all that Iehovah commanded Moses, so did they. And they brought the Tabernacle unto Mo∣ses; [unspec 33] the Tent, and all the instruments therof: the taches therof, the boards thereof, the bars thereof; and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof. And the covering of Rams [unspec 34] skins, died-red; and the covering of Tachash skins: and the veil of the covering. The Arke [unspec 35] of the Testimonie, and the bars thereof; and the Covering-mercy-seat. The Table, and all [unspec 36] [unspec 37] the vessels thereof; and the Shew bread. The pure Candlesticke, with the lamps thereof, the lamps to be set-in-order, & al the vessels ther∣of: and the oil, for the light. And the Altar of [unspec 38] gold; and the oile of anoynting, & the incense of sweet-spices: and the hanging-veil, for the doore of the Tent. The Altar of brasse; [unspec 39] and the grate of brasse, which was for it; the barres thereof, and all the vessels there∣of: the Laver, and the foot thereof. The tapestrie-hangings of the Court, the

pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof; and the hanging-veile for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof: and all the vessels of the service of the Taberna∣cle, for the Tent of the Congregation. The [unspec 41] garments of ministery, to minister in the Holy-place: the garments of holinesse for Aaron the Priest; and the garments of his sons, to minister-in-the-priests-office. Ac∣cording [unspec 42] to all that Iehovah commanded Moses; so the sonnes of Israel, made all the worke. And Moses saw all the worke; and [unspec 43] behold they had done it; as Iehovah had commanded, so had they done: and Moses blessed them.

Annotations.

OF ministery] whereof see Exod. 31. 10. of holinesse] that is, the holy garments, specified in [unspec 1] Exodus 28.

V. 2. Ephod] described in Exod. 28. 6. &c.

V. 3. beat-thinne] or, spread abroad. wiers] or [unspec 2] [unspec 3] threds, of those plates. in the blew] or, in the midst of (w^ch the Gr. translateth with) the blew, &c. For the gold thred, was twisted with the blew, & with every of the other colors, as is noted on Exo∣dus 28. 6.

Vers. 6. Beryl] see Exod. 28. 9. [unspec 6] [unspec 8] [unspec 10] [unspec 22]

Ver. 8. Brestplate] whereof see Exod. 28. 15. &c.

V. 10. Smaragd] or, Emeraud: see Exod. 28. 17.

Vers. 22. woven worke] Hebrew, worke of the wea∣ver: see Exod. 28. 31. &c.

Ver. 24. twisted] or twined: the Greeke addeth, [unspec 24] and bysse (that is, fine linnen) twined. See the notes on Exod. 28. 33.

Vers. 27. coats] whereof see Exod. 28. 40. [unspec 27] [unspec 28]

Ver. 28. goodly ornaments] this words is sometime used for the Bonnets themselves, as in Ezek. 44. 18.

Vers. 30. crowne of holiness] that is, holy crowne, or [unspec 30] separation, as both the Hebrew and Greeke signifi∣eth: see Exod 29. 6. and 28. 36.

Vers. 32. so did they] this hath respect unto the [unspec 32] charge before given, Ex. 25. 40. and for this cause, the particulars have been repeated by Moses, that all might see the care which he and the workmen had, to make all things both for matter and forme, according to the patterne and commandement gi∣ven of God. Such faithfulnesse also was in Christ, Heb. 3. 2. and ought to be in all Christians, concer∣ning Gods heavenly ordinances in his Church, whereof these things were a patterne and shadow, Heb. 8. 5. 1 Tim. 6. 13. 14. and 5. 21.

Vers. 33. bars] or, barre; an in Exod. ••5. 11.

Vers. 37. to be set in order] Hebr. lamps of ordering, [unspec 33] [unspec 37] or, of disposition, which the Priest were to trim eve∣ry day: see the notes on Exod. 27. 21. the Greeke translateth, lamps of burning.

Vers. 38. of sweet spices] in Greeke, of composition, that is, the compounded incense. [unspec 38]

Ver. 42. all the worke] or, all the service; which the Gr. calleth Preparation, or Furniture. [unspec 42]

V. 43 saw] or, viewed, as he that was charged with [unspec 43] the oversight of this whole work, Exodus 25. 40. the worke] in Gr. works. blessed them] that is, as Gods publike minister, pronounced a bles∣sing from the Lord, upon these workmen; see Gen. 14. 19. Herein Moses was a figure of Christ, who will blesse them that faithfully observe the Com∣mandements of God, 2 Tim. 4. 7. 8. for, who so is a doer of the worke, this man shall be blessed in his deed, Iam. 1. 25. Hereupon the Hebr. say, Worke is a great thing: for Shecinah (that is, the Divine presence or Majestie of God in Christ) dwelled not in Israel, un∣till they had done the worke; as it is written (in Exod. 39. 43. AND MOSES SAVV ALL THE VVORKE, &c. AND MOSES BLESSED THEM. And how did heè blesse them? Hee said unto them, The Lord vouchsafe that the Divine-presence (Shecinah) may dwell in the worke of your hands. And so it came to passe: as it is said (in Exod. 40. 34.) And the cloud covered the Tent. &c. and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle. R. Elias, in Reshith chocmah, fol 420. a.