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10200
 #7-14 The curtains of meaner materials, being made both longer
 and broader, covered the others, and were defended by coverings
 of skins. The whole represents the person and doctrine of
 Christ, and the church of true Christians, and all heavenly
 things, which outwardly are mean, but inwardly, and in the sight
 of God, are glorious and precious.

10208
 #15-30 The sockets of silver each weighed about 115 pounds; they
 were placed in rows on the ground. In every pair of these
 sockets, a strong board of shittim-wood, covered with plates of
 gold, was fitted by mortises and tenons. Thus walls were formed
 for the two sides, and for the west end. The wall was further
 held together by bars, which passed through rings of gold. Over
 this the curtains were spread. Though movable, it was strong and
 firm. The materials were very costly. In all this it was a type
 of the church of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles
 and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner-stone,
 #Eph 2:20,21|.

10224
 #31-37 A vail, or curtain, separated the holy place from the
 most holy place. It was hung upon pillars. This vail was for a
 partition between the holy place and the most holy; which
 forbade any to look into the holiest of all. The apostle tells
 what was the meaning of this vail, #Heb 9:8|. That the
 ceremonial law could not make the comers thereunto perfect, nor
 would the observance of it bring men to heaven; the way into the
 holiest of all was not made manifest, while the first tabernacle
 was standing. Life and immortality lay hidden till they were
 brought to light by the gospel; which was signified by the
 rending of this vail at the death of Christ, #Mt 27:51|. We have
 now boldness to enter into the holiest, in all acts of worship,
 by the blood of Jesus; yet such as obliges us to holy reverence.
 Another vail was for the outer door of the tabernacle. This vail
 was all the defence the tabernacle had. God takes care of his
 church on earth. A curtain shall be, if God please to make it
 so, as strong a defence to his house, as gates of brass and bars
 of iron. With this typical description of Christ and his church
 before us, what is our judgment of these matters? Do we see any
 glory in the person of Christ? any excellence in his character?
 any thing precious in his salvation? or any wisdom in the
 doctrine of the cross? Will our religion bear examination? and
 are we more careful to approve our hearts to God than our
 characters toward men?
10231
 * The altar of burnt offerings. (1-8) The court of the
 tabernacle. (9-19) The oil for the lamps. (20,21)

 #1-8 In the court before the tabernacle, where the people
 attended, was an altar, to which they must bring their
 sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God.
 It was of wood overlaid with brass. A grate of brass was let
 into the hollow of the altar, about the middle of which the fire
 was kept, and the sacrifice burnt. It was made of net-work like
 a sieve, and hung hollow, that the ashes might fall through.
 This brazen altar was a type of Christ dying to make atonement
 for our sins. The wood had been consumed by the fire from
 heaven, if it had not been secured by the brass: nor could the
 human nature of Christ have borne the wrath of God, if it had
 not been supported by Divine power.

10239
 #9-19 The tabernacle was enclosed in a court, about sixty yards
 long and thirty broad, formed by curtains hung upon brazen
 pillars, fixed in brazen sockets. Within this enclosure the
 priests and Levites offered the sacrifices, and thither the
 Jewish people were admitted. These distinctions represented the
 difference between the visible nominal church, and the true
 spiritual church, which alone has access to God, and communion
 with him.