The Tabernacle of Testimony in the Wilderness

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. ite of The Abk Of The Covenant: With Its Seat or Mebct, And The Cherubim Of Globy Overshadowino rr: 1. Described: 2. Interpreted. The Subject Impboved In Foub Pabticulab.s. Exodus xxv. 22. And there I mil meet with thee, and J will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. words relate to the ark of the covenant, from whence, as from the throne of his terrestrial glory, the King of Israel, even Jehovah of hosts, through the intervention of his servant Moses, would dispense his will unto the chosen and peculiar nation. A commandment of a general kind had already been issued to construct a sanctuary, that the Lord God might dwell among them; now, more particular instructions are given respecting the furniture and the various appointments of the holy tent. Of these, the first in order, as being particularly the symbol of Divine majesty and sanctity, is the ark of the covenant, with its simple yet sublime accompaniments.Before, however, we enter upon the consideration of this article, we will state the prescribed arrangement of the tabernacle, and then specify the furniture especially appropriated to its respective divisions. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, On the first day of the month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail . And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick and light the lamps thereof. And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put th...