Exodus 27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt make an (a) altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.

(a) For the burnt offering.

And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of (b) the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

(b) Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it.

And thou shalt make the (c) court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

(c) This was the first entry into the tabernacle, where the people abode.

And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their (d) fillets [shall be of] silver.

(d) They were certain hoops or circles to beautify the pillar.

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] (e) fifty cubits.

(e) Meaning curtains of fifty cubits.

The hangings of one (f) side [of the gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

(f) Of the door of the court.

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the (g) pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass.

(g) Or stakes, with which the curtains were fastened to the ground.

And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive (h) beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

(h) Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed or beaten.