Chapter 39

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the blue Exod 25:4, Exod 26:1, Exod 35:23

cloths Exod 31:10, Exod 35:19

holy place Ps 93:5; Ezek 43:12; Heb 9:12, Heb 9:25

the holy Exod 28:2-4, Exod 31:10; Ezek 42:14


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Exod 25:7, Exod 28:6-12; Lev 8:7


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cunning work Exod 26:1, Exod 36:8


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curious Exod 28:8, Exod 29:5; Lev 8:7; Isa 11:5; Rev 1:13

as the Lord Matt 28:20; 1Cor 11:23


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onyx stones The meaning of the word shoham is not easily determined. It has been variously rendered a beryl, emerald, prasius, sapphire, sardius, ruby, carnelian, onyx, and sardonyx. It may signify both the onyx and sardonyx. The latter stone is a mixture of the chalcedony and carnelian, sometimes in strata, and at other times blended together, and is found striped with white and red strata, or layers. It is generally allowed that there is no real difference, except in hardness, between the carnelian, chalcedony, agate, sardonyx, and onyx. The onyx is of a darkish horny colour, resembling the nail or hoof, from which circumstance it has its name (ονυξ). It has often a plate of a blueish white or red in it, and when on one or both sides of this white there appears a plate of a reddish colour, the jewellers call the stone a sardonyx. Exod 25:7, Exod 28:9, Exod 35:9; Job 28:16; Ezek 28:13

ouches Mishbetzoth, strait places, sockets, to insert the stones in, from shavatz, to straiten, enclose.


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a memorial Exod 28:12, Exod 28:29; Josh 4:7; Neh 2:20; Mark 14:9, Mark 14:22-25


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Exod 25:7, Exod 28:4, Exod 28:13-29; Lev 8:8-9; Ps 89:28; Isa 59:17; Eph 6:14


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the first row Exod 28:16-17, Exod 28:21; Rev 21:19-21

sardius or, ruby


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a diamond Exod 28:18; Ezek 28:13; The word yahalom may mean the diamond, from halam, to beat, smite, because of its extreme hardness, by which it will beat to pieces the other stones. It is a fine pellucid substance never debased with any admixture of other matter; susceptible of elegant tinges from metal-line particles; giving fire with steel; not fermenting with acid menstrua; scarcely calcinable by any degree of fire; and of one simple and permanent appearance in all lights. It is the hardest and most valuable of all gems; when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as the clearest water, and eminently distinguished from all other substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its reflections.


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a ligure Leshem, the ligure, the same as the jacinth, or hyacinth, a precious stone of a deep red, with a considerable tinge of yellow. Theophrastus and Pliny say it resembles the carbuncle, of a brightness sparkling like fire.

an agate Shevo, the agate, a semi-pellucid compound gem, formed of different simple minerals, as chalcedony, cornelian, jasper. horn-stone, quartz, amethyst, opal, etc.; joined irregularly or in layers. It is of a white, reddish, yellowish, or greenish ground; and so variously figured in its substance as to represent plants, trees, animals, and other objects.

an amethyst Achlamah, an amethyst, a transparent gem, composed of a strong blue and deep red; and according as either prevails, affording different tinges of purple, sometimes approaching to violet, and sometimes even fading to a pale rose colour.


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a beryl Tarshish, a pellucid gem, of a sea or blueish green colour.

a jasper Yaspeh, the jasper, a hard stone, of which there are not less than fifteen varieties of colour, as green, red, yellow, brown, black, etc.


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Rev 21:12


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chains at the ends Exod 28:14; 2Chr 3:5; Song 1:10; John 10:28, John 17:12; 1Pet 1:5; Jude 1:1


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gold rings Exod 25:12


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two wreathen Exod 28:14; Song 1:10

ephod Exod 39:2


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coupling Exod 26:3


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as the Lord Matt 16:24; 1Cor 1:25, 1Cor 1:27


22
Exod 28:31-35


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they made Exod 28:33

pomegranates Gal 5:22


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bells Exod 28:33-34; Ps 89:15

the pomegranates Song 4:13


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pomegranate Exod 28:34; Song 4:3, Song 4:13, Song 6:7

hem Deut 22:12; Matt 9:20


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coats Exod 28:39-42; Lev 8:13; Isa 61:10; Ezek 44:18; Rom 3:22, Rom 13:14; Gal 3:27; Phil 2:6-8; 1Pet 1:13

fine The word Shesh seems rather to mean cotton, than either fine linen or silk; called also butz, and by the Greeks, βυσσος, and Romans, byssus.


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a mitre Exod 28:4, Exod 28:39; Ezek 44:18

linen Exod 28:42

breeches Michnasim, from kanas, to wrap round.


29
a girdle Avnet, a belt or girdle, of the same kind as the eastern sash, which confines the loose garments about the waist; and in which their long skirts are tucked up when at work or on a journey. Exod 28:39


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the plate Exod 26:36, Exod 28:36-39; 1Cor 1:30; 2Cor 5:21; Heb 1:3, Heb 7:26

Holiness Exod 28:36; Zech 14:20; Titus 2:14; Rev 5:10


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all the Exod 39:33, Exod 39:42, 25:1-31:18, 35:1-40:38; Lev. 8:1-9:24; Num 3:25-26, Num 3:31, Num 3:36-37; Num 4:4-32

according Exod 39:42-43, Exod 25:40, Exod 40:32; Deut 12:32; 1Sam 15:22; 1Chr 28:19; Matt 28:20; Heb 3:2, Heb 8:5


33
the tent Exod. 25:1-30:38, Exod 31:7-11, Exod 35:11-19, 36:1-40:38


35
the mercy seat Exod 25:17; Heb 9:5, Heb 9:8


36
the showbread Exod 25:30; 1Kgs 7:48


37
even with Exod 27:21; Matt 5:14-16; Phil 2:15


38
sweet incense Heb. the incense of sweet spice, Exod 25:6, Exod 30:7, Exod 31:11, Exod 35:8, Exod 37:29; 2Chr 2:4


39
Exod 38:30; 1Kgs 8:64


41
cloths Exod 39:1, Exod 31:10

the holy Exod 28:2


42
according Exod 39:32, Exod 23:21-22, 25:1-31:18; Deut 12:32; Matt 28:20; 2Tim 2:15, 2Tim 4:7

made Exod 35:10


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did look Exod 40:25; Gen 1:31; Ps 104:31

blessed them Gen 14:19; Lev 9:22-23; Num 6:23-27; Josh 22:6; 2Sam 6:18; 1Kgs 8:14; 1Chr 16:2; 2Chr 6:3, 2Chr 30:27; Neh 11:2; Ps 19:11


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