Exodus 38:8

lookingglasses. mirrors of polished metal. Compare 2 Corinthians 3:18.

assembling. doing service, or worshipping according to Egyptian practice. By using these for the laver this practice was abolished. Compare Numbers 4:23 (same word), and see Luke 2:3 Luke 2:7.

door. entrance.

tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. See App-40.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal reference. The women who assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting were most probably devout women who loved the public ser...
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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⁸ And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglassesa of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Biblical Illustrator

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 38:8