Holly Bible - KJV with Concise Commentaries by Z Selam - HTML preview
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14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their
pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars
three, and their sockets three.
16 And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver;
their hooks shall be of silver, and their soc ke ts of brass.
18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth
fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the
pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
The Tending of the Lamp
20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring
thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
We read of the candlestick in the twenty-fifth chapter; here is an order given for the keeping of the lamps constantly burning in it, else it was useless; in every candlestick there should be a burning and shining light; candlesticks without candles are as wells without water or as clouds without rain. Now,
1 The people were to provide the oil; from them the Lord's ministers must have their maintenance. Or, rather, the pure oil signified the gifts and graces of the Spirit, which are communicated to all believers from Christ the good olive, of whose fulness we receive (Zec 4:11,12), and without which our light cannot shine before men.