
Text -- Exodus 26:32 (NET)




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Clarke -> Exo 26:32
Clarke: Exo 26:32 - -- Their hooks shall be of gold - וויהם vaveyhem , which we translate their hooks, is rendered κεφαλιδες, capitals, by the Septuagint, ...
Their hooks shall be of gold -
Calmet therefore contends
1. That if Moses does not mean the capitals of the pillars by the
2. As Moses was commanded to make the hooks,
After this verse the Samaritan Pentateuch introduces the ten first verses of Exodus 30, and this appears to be their proper place. Those ten verses are not repeated in the thirtieth chapter in the Samaritan, the chapter beginning with the 11th verse.
TSK -> Exo 26:32
TSK: Exo 26:32 - -- pillars of shittim : Exo 26:37, Exo 36:38; Est 1:6
their hooks shall be of gold : The Hebrew waveyhem , which we translate their hooks, is rendered ...
pillars of shittim : Exo 26:37, Exo 36:38; Est 1:6
their hooks shall be of gold : The Hebrew
1. That if Moses does not mean the capitals of the pillars by this word, he mentions them nowhere else; and it would seem strange, that while he describes them with so much exactness, that he should not mention the capitals; or that pillars every way so correctly formed, should have been destitute of this necessary ornament.
2. As Moses was commanded to make the

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Barnes -> Exo 26:1-37
Barnes: Exo 26:1-37 - -- (Compare Exo. 36:8-33.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exo 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exo 26:7-13, a...
(Compare Exo. 36:8-33.) The tabernacle was to comprise three main parts, the tabernacle Exo 26:1-6, more strictly so-called, its tent Exo 26:7-13, and its covering Exo 26:14 (Compare Exo 35:11; Exo 39:33-34; Exo 40:19, Exo 40:34; Num 3:25, etc.). These parts are very clearly distinguished in the Hebrew, but they are confounded in many places of the English Version (see Exo 26:7, Exo 26:9, etc.). The tabernacle itself was to consist of curtains of fine linen woven with colored figures of cherubim, and a structure of boards which was to contain the holy place and the most holy place; the tent was to be a true tent of goats’ hair cloth to contain and shelter the tabernacle: the covering was to be of red rams’ skins and "tachash"skins Exo 25:5, and was spread over the goats’ hair tent as an additional protection against the weather. On the external form of the tabernacle and the arrangement of its parts, see cuts at the end of the chapter.
The tabernacle - The
(1) in its strict sense, comprising the cloth of the tabernacle with its woodwork (Exo 25:9; Exo 26:30; Exo 36:13; Exo 40:18, etc.);
(2) in a narrower sense, for the tabernacle-cloth only (Exo 26:1, Exo 26:6; Exo 35:11; Exo 39:33-34, etc.);
(3) in a wider sense, for the tabernacle with its tent and covering (Exo 27:19; Exo 35:18, etc.).
With ten curtains - Rather, of ten breadths. Five of these breadths were united so as to form what, in common usage, we should call a large curtain Exo 26:3. The two curtains thus formed were coupled together by the loops and taches to make the entire tabernacle-cloth Exo 26:6.
Of cunning work - More properly, of the work of the skilled weaver. The colored figures of cherubim (see Exo 25:4, Exo 25:18) were to be worked in the loom, as in the manufacture of tapestry and carpets (see Exo 26:36 note). On the different kinds of workmen employed on the textile fabrics, see Exo 35:35.
Each curtain formed of five breadths (see Exo 26:1), was 42 feet in length and 30 feet in breadth, taking the cubit at 18 inches.
The meaning appears to be, "And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one breadth (which is) on the side (of the one curtain) at the coupling; and the same shalt thou do in the edge of the outside breadth of the other (curtain) at the coupling."The "coupling"is the uniting together of the two curtains: ("selvedge"is the translation of a word signifying extremity or end).
The words "in the edge,"etc. mean, "on the edge of the breadth that is at the coupling in the second (curtain)."
Taches of gold - Each "tache,"or clasp, was to unite two opposite loops.
Couple the curtains - i. e. couple the two outside breadths mentioned in Exo 26:4.
A covering upon the tabernacle - A tent over the tabernacle. The Hebrew word here used, is the regular one for a tent of skins or cloth of any sort.
tabernacle - tent, not tabernacle. The passage might be rendered, "thou shalt equally divide the sixth breadth at the front of the tent."In this way, half a breadth would overhang at the front and half at the back.
Or: "And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the outside breadth of the one (curtain) at the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the outside breadth of the other (curtain) at the coupling."
In the tent, clasps of bronze were used to unite the loops of the two curtains; in the tabernacle, clasps of gold, compare Exo 26:6, Exo 26:37.
Couple the tent together - Not "covering,"as in the margin. By "the tent"is here meant the tent-cloth alone.
The measure of the entire tabernacle-cloth was about 60 ft. by 42; that of the tent-cloth was about 67 ft. by 45. When the latter was placed over the former, it spread beyond it at the back and front about 3 ft. (the "half-curtain,"Exo 26:9, Exo 26:12) and at the sides 18 inches.
The board would therefore be about 15 ft. long, and 27 in. broad.
The entire length of the structure was about 45 ft. in the clear, and its width about 15 ft.
The south side southward - Or, the south side on the right. As the entrance of the tabernacle was at its east end, the south side, to a person entering it, would be on the left hand: but we learn from Josephus that it was usual, in speaking of the temple, to identify the south with the right hand and the north with the left hand, the entrance being regarded as the face of the structure and the west end as its back.
Sockets - More literally, bases, or foundations. Each base weighed a talent, that is, about 94 lbs. (see Exo 38:27), and must have been a massive block. The bases formed a continuous foundation for the walls of boards, presenting a succession of sockets or mortices (each base having a single socket), into which the tenons were to fit. They served not only for ornament but also for the protection of the lower ends of the boards from the decay which would have resulted from contact with the ground.
The sides of the tabernacle westward - Rather, the back of the tabernacle toward the west. See Exo 26:18.
In the two sides - Rather, at the back.
The corner boards appear to have been of such width, and so placed, as to add 18 in. to the width of the structure, making up with the six boards of full width Exo 26:22 about 15 ft. in the clear (see Exo 26:18). The "ring"was so formed as to receive two bars meeting "beneath"and "above"at a right angle.
For the two sides westward - For the back toward the west. Compare Exo 26:22,
In the midst of the boards - If we suppose the boards to have been of ordinary thickness Exo 26:16, the bar was visible and passed through an entire row of rings. In any case, it served to hold the whole wall together.
Vail - Literally, separation (see Exo 35:12 note).
Taches - Not the same as the hooks of the preceding verse, but the clasps of the tabernacle-cloth (see Exo 26:6).
See Exo 25:10-16, Exo 25:23, Exo 25:31.
The door of the tent - The entrance to the tent, closed by the "hanging"or curtain Exo 27:16.
Wrought with needlework. - The work of the embroiderer. The entrance curtain of the tent and that of the court Exo 27:16 were to be of the same materials, but embroidered with the needle, not made in figures in the loom (see Exo 26:1; Exo 35:35).
Rice pillars - These, it should be observed, belonged to the entrance of the tent, not, in their architectural relation, to the entrance of the tabernacle.
Sockets of brass - Their bases (see Exo 26:19) were of bronze (like the taches of the tentcloth, Exo 26:11), not of silver, to mark the inferiority of the tent to the tabernacle.
We are indebted to Mr. Fergusson for what may be regarded as a satisfactory reconstruction of the sanctuary in all its main particulars. He holds that what sheltered the Mishkan was actually a tent of ordinary form, such as common sense and practical experience would suggest as best suited for the purpose.
According to this view the five pillars at the entrance of the tent Exo 26:37 were graduated as they would naturally be at the entrance of any large tent of the best form, the tallest one being in the middle to support one end of a ridge-pole.
Such a ridge-pole, which must have been sixty feet in length, would have required support, and this might have been afforded by a plain pole in the middle of the structure. Over this framing of wood-work the tent-cloth of goats’ hair was strained with its cords and tent-pins in the usual way. (See cut.)
Above the tent-cloth of goats’ hair was spread the covering of red rams’ skins.
The five pillars, to reach across the front of the tent, must have stood five cubits (about 7 1/2 ft.) apart. Their heads were united by connecting rods ("fillets"Exo 27:10) overlaid with gold Exo 36:38. The spaces at the sides and back may have been wholly or in part covered in for the use of the officiating priests, like the small apartments which in after times skirted three sides of the temple. It was probably here that those portions of the sacrifices were eaten which were not to be carried out of the sacred precincts Lev 6:16, Lev 6:26. We may also infer that priests lodged in them. Compare 1Sa 3:2-3.
Poole -> Exo 26:32
Poole: Exo 26:32 - -- The hooks were fastened to the tops of the pillars, as the veil was fastened to them.
The hooks were fastened to the tops of the pillars, as the veil was fastened to them.
Haydock -> Exo 26:32
Haydock: Exo 26:32 - -- Heads. Chaptrels of setim-wood, overlaid with gold, ---
( Vovim ), not little hooks for curtains. (Calmet)
Heads. Chaptrels of setim-wood, overlaid with gold, ---
( Vovim ), not little hooks for curtains. (Calmet)
Gill -> Exo 26:32
Gill: Exo 26:32 - -- And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold,.... For it was ten cubits long, and as many broad; and being of such a s...
And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood, overlaid with gold,.... For it was ten cubits long, and as many broad; and being of such a stiffness and thickness as it was, required so many pillars to support it: these pillars may signify the deity of Christ, which is the support of his human nature, and in which it has its personal subsistence, and gives all its actions and sufferings virtue and efficacy; and being of "shittim wood", which is incorruptible, may denote his eternity, and being covered with gold, his glory:
their hooks shall be of gold; which were upon the tops of the pillars on which the vail was hung: and the pillars were
upon the four sockets of silver; which were properly the pedestals or feet of the pillars; and these sockets, into which the pillars were let and placed, and the hooks the vail hung by, may hint to the union of the two natures in Christ, who is God and man in one person, God manifest in the flesh; see Son 5:15.

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TSK Synopsis -> Exo 26:1-37
TSK Synopsis: Exo 26:1-37 - --1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle.7 The eleven curtains of goats' hair, and the covering of rams' and badgers' skins.15 The boards of the tabernacl...
MHCC -> Exo 26:31-37
MHCC: Exo 26:31-37 - --A vail, or curtain, separated the holy place from the most holy place. It was hung upon pillars. This vail was for a partition between the holy place ...
Matthew Henry -> Exo 26:31-37
Matthew Henry: Exo 26:31-37 - -- Two veils are here ordered to be made, 1. One for a partition between the holy place and the most holy, which not only forbade any to enter, but for...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Exo 26:31-32
Keil-Delitzsch: Exo 26:31-32 - --
To divide the dwelling into two rooms, a curtain was to be made, of the same material, and woven in the same artistic manner as the inner covering...
Constable: Exo 15:22--Lev 1:1 - --II. THE ADOPTION OF ISRAEL 15:22--40:38
The second major section of Exodus records the events associated with Go...

Constable: Exo 24:12--32:1 - --C. Directions regarding God's dwelling among His people 24:12-31:18
Having given directions clarifying I...

Constable: Exo 26:1-37 - --4. The tabernacle structure ch. 26
The tabernacle walls consisted of rigid supports with curtain...
