Ex 39:1
39:1 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made {a}
     cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], and
     made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded
     Moses.

     (a) As coverings for the ark, the candlestick, the altars
         and such like.

Ex 39:6
39:6 And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold,
     graven, as {b} signets are graven, with the names of the
     children of Israel.

     (b) That is, of very fine and curious workmanship.

Ex 39:12
39:12 And the third row, {c} a ligure, an agate, and an
      amethyst.

      (c) Or, a turkeis, a stone which the authors write comes
          from the urine of the Lynx.

Ex 39:14
39:14 And the stones [were] according to the names of the
      children of Israel, twelve, {d} according to their names,
      [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his
      name, according to the twelve tribes.

      (d) That is, every tribe had his name written on a stone.

Ex 39:22
39:22 And he made the robe of the {e} ephod [of] woven work, all
      [of] blue.

      (e) Which was next under the Ephod.

Ex 39:23
39:23 And {f} [there was] an hole in the midst of the robe, as
      the hole of an habergeon, [with] a band round about the
      hole, that it should not rend.

      (f) Where he could put his head through.

Ex 39:34
39:34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering
      of badgers' skins, and the {g} vail of the covering,

      (g) So called, because it hung before the mercyseat and
          covered it from sight Ex 35:12.

Ex 39:37
39:37 The pure candlestick, [with] the lamps thereof, [even
      with] the lamps to be {h} set in order, and all the
      vessels thereof, and the oil for light,

      (h) Or, which Aaron dressed and refreshed with oil every
          morning Ex 30:7.

Ex 39:42
39:42 According to all that the LORD {i} commanded Moses, so the
      children of Israel made all the work.

      (i) Signifying that in God's matters man may neither add,
          nor diminish.

Ex 39:43
39:43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they
      had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they
      done it: and Moses {k} blessed them.

      (k) Praised God for the peoples diligence and prayed for
          them.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.