Exodus 25:22

25:22 I will meet with you there, ¹  and ²  from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.

Exodus 26:19

26:19 and you are to make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames – two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewise ³  two bases under the next frame for its two projections;

Exodus 30:4

30:4 You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. ⁴  The rings ⁵  will be places ⁶  for poles to carry it with.

Exodus 34:1

The New Tablets of the Covenant

34:1 ⁷ The Lord said to Moses, “Cut out ⁸  two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write ⁹  on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed.

Exodus 36:8

The Building of the Tabernacle

36:8 All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer.

Exodus 36:24

36:24 He made forty silver bases under the twenty frames – two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewise ¹⁰  two bases under the next frame for its two projections,

Exodus 38:18

38:18 The curtain ¹¹  for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

Exodus 39:5

39:5 The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, ¹²  of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

[25:22]  ¹ sn Here then is the main point of the ark of the covenant, and the main point of all worship – meeting with God through atonement. The text makes it clear that here God would meet with Moses (“you” is singular) and then he would speak to the people – he is the mediator of the covenant. S. R. Driver (Exodus, 272) makes the point that the verb here is not the word that means “to meet by chance” (as in Exod 3:18), but “to meet” by appointment for a purpose (וְנוֹעַדְתִּי, vÿno’adti). The parallel in the NT is Jesus Christ and his work. The theology is that the Law condemns people as guilty of sin, but the sacrifice of Christ makes atonement. So he is the “place of propitiation (Rom 3:25) who gains communion with the Father for sinners. A major point that could be made from this section is this: At the center of worship must be the atoning work of Christ – a perpetual reminder of God’s righteous standard (the testimony in the ark) and God’s gracious provision (the atonement lid).

[25:22]  ² tn The verb is placed here in the text: “and I will speak”; it has been moved in this translation to be closer to the direct object clause.

[26:19]  ³ tn The clause is repeated to show the distributive sense; it literally says, “and two bases under the one frame for its two projections.”

[30:4]  ⁵ sn Since it was a small altar, it needed only two rings, one on either side, in order to be carried. The second clause clarifies that the rings should be on the sides, the right and the left, as you approach the altar.

[30:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “And it”; this refers to the rings collectively in their placement on the box, and so the word “rings” has been used to clarify the referent for the modern reader.

[30:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “for houses.”

[34:1]  ⁷ sn The restoration of the faltering community continues in this chapter. First, Moses is instructed to make new tablets and take them to the mountain (1-4). Then, through the promised theophany God proclaims his moral character (5-8). Moses responds with the reiteration of the intercession (8), and God responds with the renewal of the covenant (10-28). To put these into expository form, as principles, the chapter would run as follows: I. God provides for spiritual renewal (1-4), II. God reminds people of his moral standard (5-9), III. God renews his covenant promises and stipulations (10-28).

[34:1]  ⁸ tn The imperative is followed by the preposition with a suffix expressing the ethical dative; it strengthens the instruction for Moses. Interestingly, the verb “cut out, chisel, hew,” is the same verb from which the word for a “graven image” is derived – פָּסַל (pasal).

[34:1]  ⁹ tn The perfect tense with vav consecutive makes the value of this verb equal to an imperfect tense, probably a simple future here.

[36:24]  ⁹ tn The clause is repeated to show the distributive sense; it literally says, “and two bases under the one frame for its two projections.”

[38:18]  ¹¹ tn This word is different from the word for hangings; it has more of the idea of a screen, shielding or securing the area.

[39:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “from it” or the same.