And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Don't wait to be settled before you worship God. A tabernacle in the wilderness is more needful than a palace later; our carcases may fall here, and we may be fixed in another world before we come to fix in this. Moses obeyed every particular in the order God appointed, repeating his obedience seven times over: not adding, not diminishing, not varying in the least punctilio.
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Commenting on Exodus 40:16-33
And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,.... Of which position, see Exo 30:18. and put water there to wash withal; for the priests to wash their hands and feet with; a type of that laver or fountain opened for the house of David and inhabitants of Jerusalem to wash in, Zac 13:1.
The table stood on the north side of the front room, the candlestick opposite on the south, and the golden altar centered before the curtain of the holy place. The shew-bread was arranged in two rows upon the table according to its measure, and everything was set in place according to the pattern God had shown.
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Commenting on Exodus 40:22-28