Exodus 36:8-33 NIV,NKJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:8-13

The first work they set about was the framing of the house, which must be done before the furniture of it was prepared. This house was not made of timber or stone, but of curtains curiously embroidered and coupled together. This served to typify the state of the church in this world, the palace of God's kingdom among men. 1. Though it is upon the earth, yet its foundation is not in the earth, as that of a house is; no, Christ's kingdom is not of this world, nor founded in it. 2. It is mean and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:14-34

Here, 1. The shelter and special protection that the church is under are signified by the curtains of hair-cloth, which were spread over the tabernacle, and the covering of rams? skins and badgers? skins over them, Exod. 36:14-19. God has provided for his people a shadow from the heat, and a covert from storm and rain, Isa. 4:6. They are armed against all weathers; the sun and the moon shall not smite them: and they are protected from the storms of divine wrath, that hail which will sweep away... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 36:8-38

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle ,.... Did the part assigned him, what he was fittest for, and most skilful in: particularly some made ten curtains , &c.; which were properly the tabernacle, and were made first, and then the several things appertaining to it; and from hence, to the end of the chapter Exodus 36:9 , is only an account of the making of the tabernacle, its curtains, coverings, boards, sockets, and bars, the vail for the most... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:8

Cherubims of cunning work - See on Exodus 25:18 ; (note). Probably the word means no more than figures of any kind wrought in the diaper fashion in the loom, or by the needle in embroidery, or by the chisel or graving tool in wood, stone, or metal; see Clarke on Exodus 25:18 ; (note). This meaning Houbigant and other excellent critics contend for. In some places the word seems to be restricted to express a particular figure then well known; but in many other places it seems to imply any... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:9

The length of one curtain - Concerning these curtains, see Clarke on Exodus 26:1 ; (note), etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:20

And he made boards - See Clarke's note on Exodus 26:15 , etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:31

He made bars - See on Exodus 26:26 ; (note), etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 36:1-38

THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK , AND THE SUPERFLUOUS LIBERALITY OF THE PEOPLE — THE LATTER HAS TO BE RESTRAINED ( Exodus 36:3-7 ). Bezaleel and Aholiab felt that the time for action was now come. They at once addressed themselves to their task. Moses delivered into their hands all the various offerings which the people, rich and poor, had brought in ( Exodus 35:21-29 ); and skilled workmen were immediately called upon to shape it for the designed uses. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 36:8-38

The remainder of this chapter requires no comment, since it goes over ground already covered. The passage from Exodus 36:8 to Exodus 36:18 corresponds exactly with Exodus 26:1-11 ; that from Exodus 26:19-34 with Exodus 26:14-29 ; that consisting of Exodus 26:35 , Exodus 26:36 , with Exodus 26:33 , Exodus 26:34 ; and the two concluding verses with Exodus 26:36 , Exodus 26:37 . Under these circumstances a few mistranslations will alone be noticed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 36:22

Two tenons, equally distant one from another . Rather, as in Exodus 26:17 , "two tenons, set in order one against an other ." read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:8-13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 36:14-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 36:8-38

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 36:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 36:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 36:8-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 36:22

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