Exodus 27

Exodus 27:1

Exodus 27:1 And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.Ver. 1. Five cubits long.] Solomon’ s altar was four times as large as this: to teach that as our peace and prosperity is more than others, so should our service in a due proportion.

Exodus 27:2

Exodus 27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.Ver. 2. Horns of it.] To bind the beasts unto, that were to be slain in sacrifice. \ And to signify the power of Christ’ s priesthood.
Thou shalt overlay it with brass.] The brass kept the wood; so did the deity of Christ keep his humanity from being consumed by the fire of God’ s wrath, wherein it was roasted.

Exodus 27:3

Exodus 27:3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make [of] brass.Ver. 3. His shovels, and his basons.] These several instruments figured the ministry of the word, say some; the sundry callings that Christ hath in his Church, say others, for her edification.

Exodus 27:4

Exodus 27:4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network [of] brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.Ver. 4. A grate.] Which served for a hearth, and represented Christ bearing the fire of his Father’ s displeasure.

Exodus 27:7

Exodus 27:7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.Ver. 7. And the staves shall be.] As ever ready to remove. Here we have no assured settlement.

Exodus 27:9

Exodus 27:9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:Ver. 9. The court of the tabernacle.] This outer court signified the visible Church, where hypocrites also come to the external worships. Doeg may set his foot as far as David.

Exodus 27:10

Exodus 27:10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [shall be of] silver.Ver. 10. And the twenty pillars.] In allusion whereunto, the Church is called the “pillar and stay of truth.” \

Exodus 27:17

Exodus 27:17 All the pillars round about the court [shall be] filleted with silver; their hooks [shall be of] silver, and their sockets [of] brass.Ver. 17. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.] The nearer things were unto God the more precious they were: and e contra.

Exodus 27:20

Exodus 27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.Ver. 20. Pure oil olive.] Signifying the precious gifts and graces of the Spirit in godly ministers, whose lips must both preserve knowledge, and present it to the people. Oil olive beaten.] Signifying, saith one, how with much labour and affliction the light of God’ s word is to be prepared, and with patience preached and made to shine in his Church. \