the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
Five months from start to finish, with embroidery and engraving in gold and precious stones, yet they made quick work because many hands labored together in unity, the workmen were taught of God and kept from blunders, and the people burned with zeal to see it done. Resolution, industry, and a cheerful mind, by God's grace, accomplish in little time what men think needs much.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 39:32-43
The tent-cloths, the variegated one inward covering the boards, the goats' hair cloth outward, form the dwelling into a tent. This is plain from the sequence: the gold and copper hooks that join the two halves come first in the list, then the boards, bolts, pillars, and sockets follow as means only to spread the tent-cloths into a dwelling.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 39:32-36