And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
40 And look that thou make them. He again inculcates, what we have already seen, that Moses should take care that all things were exactly modeled according to the original or pattern seen in the mount. But it is certain that it is not any mere vision which is here in question, but that the external ornaments of the sanctuary have reference to their spiritual...
The lampstand was solid gold, not hollow, and magnificently wrought with ornamental knops and flowers, but far more than decoration, it spoke truth. The tabernacle had no windows because that old covenant dwelt in darkness; the sun of righteousness had not yet risen. Yet God did not leave them in silence: His Word was their lamp, the prophets were branches spreading its light through the ages. We have the same light still, though the world remains a dark place without it.
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Commenting on Exodus 25:31-40
look that thou make them after their pattern--This caution, which is repeated with no small frequency in other parts of the narrative, is an evidence of the deep interest taken by the Divine King in the erection of His palace or sanctuary; and it is impossible to account for the circumstance of God's condescending to such minute details, except on the assumption that this tabernacle...