And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
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.
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Commenting on Exodus 39:32-43
They brought Moses all the separate parts of the tabernacle with every item of furniture so he could inspect the whole work and verify it matched the pattern God had shown him and the directions he had given the craftsmen.
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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.
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Commenting on Exodus 39:32-36