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<div2 id="Ex.xxviii" n="xxviii" next="Ex.xxix" prev="Ex.xxvii" progress="44.37%" title="Chapter XXVII">
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<h2 id="Ex.xxviii-p0.1">E X O D U S</h2>
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<h3 id="Ex.xxviii-p0.2">CHAP. XXVII.</h3>
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<p class="intro" id="Ex.xxviii-p1">In this chapter directions are given, I.
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Concerning the brazen altar for burnt-offerings, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p1.1" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.1-Exod.27.8" parsed="|Exod|27|1|27|8" passage="Ex 27:1-8">ver. 1-8</scripRef>. II. Concerning the court of the
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tabernacle, with the hangings of it, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p1.2" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.9-Exod.27.19" parsed="|Exod|27|9|27|19" passage="Ex 27:9-19">ver. 9-19</scripRef>. III. Concerning oil for the
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lamp, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p1.3" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.20-Exod.27.21" parsed="|Exod|27|20|27|21" passage="Ex 27:20,21">ver. 20, 21</scripRef>.</p>
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<scripCom id="Ex.xxviii-p1.4" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27" parsed="|Exod|27|0|0|0" passage="Ex 27" type="Commentary"/>
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<scripCom id="Ex.xxviii-p1.5" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.1-Exod.27.8" parsed="|Exod|27|1|27|8" passage="Ex 27:1-8" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Exod.27.1-Exod.27.8">
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<h4 id="Ex.xxviii-p1.6">The Tabernacle and Its
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Furniture. (<span class="smallcaps" id="Ex.xxviii-p1.7">b. c.</span> 1491.)</h4>
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<p class="passage" id="Ex.xxviii-p2">1 And thou shalt make an altar <i>of</i> shittim
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wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be
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foursquare: and the height thereof <i>shall be</i> three cubits.
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2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners
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thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it
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with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his
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ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his
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firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make <i>of</i> brass.
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4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network <i>of</i>
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brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the
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four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the
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compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst
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of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar,
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staves <i>of</i> shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
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7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall
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be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow
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with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount,
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so shall they make <i>it.</i></p>
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<p class="indent" id="Ex.xxviii-p3">As God intended in the tabernacle to
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manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay
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their devotions to him, not in the tabernacle itself (into that
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only the priests entered as God's domestic servants), but in the
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court before the tabernacle, where, as common subjects, they
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attended. There an altar was ordered to be set up, to which they
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must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer
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them to God: and this altar was to sanctify their gifts. Here they
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were to present their services to God, as from the mercy-seat he
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gave his oracles to them; and thus a communion was settled between
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God and Israel. Moses is here directed about, 1. The dimensions of
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it; it was square, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p3.1" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.1-Exod.27.2" parsed="|Exod|27|1|27|2" passage="Ex 27:1,2"><i>v.</i>
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1</scripRef>. 2. The horns of it (<scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p3.2" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.2" parsed="|Exod|27|2|0|0" passage="Ex 27:2"><i>v.</i> 2</scripRef>), which were for ornament and for
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use; the sacrifices were <i>bound with cords to the horns of the
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altar,</i> and to them malefactors fled for refuge. 3. The
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materials; it was of wood overlaid with brass, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p3.3" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.1-Exod.27.2" parsed="|Exod|27|1|27|2" passage="Ex 27:1,2"><i>v.</i> 1, 2</scripRef>. 4. The appurtenances of it
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(<scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p3.4" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.3" parsed="|Exod|27|3|0|0" passage="Ex 27:3"><i>v.</i> 3</scripRef>), which were
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all of brass. 5. The grate, which was let into the hollow of the
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altar, about the middle of it, in which the fire was kept, and the
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sacrifice burnt; it was made of network like a sieve, and hung
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hollow, that the fire might burn the better, and that the ashes
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might fall through into the hollow of the altar, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p3.5" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.4-Exod.27.5" parsed="|Exod|27|4|27|5" passage="Ex 27:4,5"><i>v.</i> 4, 5</scripRef>. 6. The staves with which it
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must be carried, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p3.6" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.6-Exod.27.7" parsed="|Exod|27|6|27|7" passage="Ex 27:6,7"><i>v.</i> 6,
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7</scripRef>. And, <i>lastly,</i> he is referred to the pattern
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shown him, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p3.7" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.8" parsed="|Exod|27|8|0|0" passage="Ex 27:8"><i>v.</i> 8</scripRef>.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Ex.xxviii-p4">Now this brazen altar was a type of Christ
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dying to make atonement for our sins: the wood would have been
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consumed by the fire from heaven if it had not been secured by the
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brass; nor could the human nature of Christ have borne the wrath of
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God if it had not been supported by a divine power. Christ
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sanctified himself for his church, as their altar (<scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p4.1" osisRef="Bible:John.17.19" parsed="|John|17|19|0|0" passage="Joh 17:19">John xvii. 19</scripRef>), and by his mediation
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sanctifies the daily services of his people, who have also <i>a
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right to eat of this altar</i> (<scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p4.2" osisRef="Bible:Heb.13.10" parsed="|Heb|13|10|0|0" passage="Heb 13:10">Heb.
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xiii. 10</scripRef>), for they serve at it as spiritual priests. To
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the horns of this altar poor sinners fly for refuge when justice
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pursues them, and they are safe in virtue of the sacrifice there
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offered.</p>
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</div><scripCom id="Ex.xxviii-p4.3" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.9-Exod.27.19" parsed="|Exod|27|9|27|19" passage="Ex 27:9-19" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Exod.27.9-Exod.27.19">
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<p class="passage" id="Ex.xxviii-p5">9 And thou shalt make the court of the
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tabernacle: for the south side southward <i>there shall be</i>
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hangings for the court <i>of</i> fine twined linen of an hundred
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cubits long for one side: 10 And the twenty pillars thereof
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and their twenty sockets <i>shall be of</i> brass; the hooks of the
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pillars and their fillets <i>shall be of</i> silver. 11 And
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likewise for the north side in length <i>there shall be</i>
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hangings of an hundred <i>cubits</i> long, and his twenty pillars
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and their twenty sockets <i>of</i> brass; the hooks of the pillars
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and their fillets <i>of</i> silver. 12 And <i>for</i> the
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breadth of the court on the west side <i>shall be</i> hangings of
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fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13
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And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward <i>shall
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be</i> fifty cubits. 14 The hangings of one side <i>of the
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gate shall be</i> fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their
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sockets three. 15 And on the other side <i>shall be</i>
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hangings fifteen <i>cubits:</i> their pillars three, and their
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sockets three. 16 And for the gate of the court <i>shall
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be</i> an hanging of twenty cubits, <i>of</i> blue, and purple, and
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scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: <i>and</i>
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their pillars <i>shall be</i> four, and their sockets four.
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17 All the pillars round about the court <i>shall be</i> filleted
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with silver; their hooks <i>shall be of</i> silver, and their
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sockets <i>of</i> brass. 18 The length of the court <i>shall
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be</i> an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and
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the height five cubits <i>of</i> fine twined linen, and their
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sockets <i>of</i> brass. 19 All the vessels of the
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tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof,
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and all the pins of the court, <i>shall be of</i> brass.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Ex.xxviii-p6">Before the tabernacle there was to be a
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court or yard, enclosed with hangings of the finest linen that was
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used for tents. This court, according to the common computation of
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cubits, was fifty yards long, and twenty-five broad. Pillars were
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set up at convenient distances, in sockets of brass, the pillars
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filleted with silver, and silver tenter-hooks in them, on which the
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linen hangings were fastened: the hanging which served for the gate
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was finer than the rest, <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p6.1" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.16" parsed="|Exod|27|16|0|0" passage="Ex 27:16"><i>v.</i>
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16</scripRef>. This court was a type of the church, enclosed and
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distinguished from the rest of the world, the enclosure supported
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by pillars, denoting the stability of the church, hung with the
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clean linen, which is said to be the <i>righteousness of
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saints,</i> <scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p6.2" osisRef="Bible:Rev.19.8" parsed="|Rev|19|8|0|0" passage="Re 19:8">Rev. xix. 8</scripRef>.
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These were the courts David longed for and coveted to reside in
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(<scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p6.3" osisRef="Bible:Ps.84.2 Bible:Ps.84.10" parsed="|Ps|84|2|0|0;|Ps|84|10|0|0" passage="Ps 84:2,10">Ps. lxxxiv. 2, 10</scripRef>), and
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into which the people of God entered with praise and thanksgiving
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(<scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p6.4" osisRef="Bible:Ps.100.4" parsed="|Ps|100|4|0|0" passage="Ps 100:4">Ps. c. 4</scripRef>); yet this court
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would contain but a few worshippers. Thanks be to God, now, under
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the gospel, the enclosure is taken down. God's will is that men
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<i>pray everywhere;</i> and there is room for all that in every
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place call on the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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</div><scripCom id="Ex.xxviii-p6.5" osisRef="Bible:Exod.27.20-Exod.27.21" parsed="|Exod|27|20|27|21" passage="Ex 27:20-21" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Exod.27.20-Exod.27.21">
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<p class="passage" id="Ex.xxviii-p7">20 And thou shalt command the children of
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Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light,
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to cause the lamp to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of
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the congregation without the vail, which <i>is</i> before the
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testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to
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morning before the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ex.xxviii-p7.1">Lord</span>: <i>it shall
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be</i> a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of
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the children of Israel.</p>
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<p class="indent" id="Ex.xxviii-p8">We read of the candlestick in the
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twenty-fifth chapter; here is an order given for the keeping of the
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lamps constantly burning in it, else it was useless; in every
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candlestick there should be a burning and shining light;
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candlesticks without candles are as <i>wells without water</i> or
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as <i>clouds without rain.</i> Now, 1. The people were to provide
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the oil; from them the Lord's ministers must have their
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maintenance. Or, rather, the pure oil signified the gifts and
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graces of the Spirit, which are communicated to all believers from
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Christ the good olive, of whose fulness we receive (<scripRef id="Ex.xxviii-p8.1" osisRef="Bible:Zech.4.11-Zech.4.12" parsed="|Zech|4|11|4|12" passage="Zec 4:11,12">Zech. iv. 11, 12</scripRef>), and without
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which our light cannot shine before men. 2. The priests were to
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light the lamps, and to tend them; it was part of their daily
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service to <i>cause the lamp to burn always,</i> night and day;
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thus it is the work of ministers, by the preaching and expounding
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of the scriptures (which are as a lamp), to enlighten the church,
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God's tabernacle upon the earth, and to direct the spiritual
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priests in his service. This is to be <i>a statute for ever,</i>
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that the lamps of the word be lighted as duly as the incense of
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prayer and praise is offered.</p>
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