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- Exodus
- Chapter 35
- Verse 12
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
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Gill's Exposition
The ark and the staves thereof,.... To carry it with, which were all made of shittim wood:
with the mercy seat; made of pure gold; these were set in the most holy place:
and the vail of the…
Barnes' Notes
The covering - This is not the same as the covering of Exo 35:11, which denotes the covering of the tent (see Exo 26:14): the word is used here for the entrance curtains (see Exo 26:36; Exo 27:16).
It was said in general (Exo 34:32), Moses gave them in commandment all that the Lord has spoken with him. But, the erecting and furnishing of the tabernacle being the work to which they were now…
Cambridge Bible
the veil of the screen i.e. the veil which acts as a screen (cf. Exo 40:3; Exo 40:21), viz. in front of the Holy of holies. So Exo 39:34; Exo 40:21. Elsewhere -the veil" alone.
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