the tabernacle with its tent and covering, its clasps and frames, its crossbars, posts, and bases;
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 immediately to apply themselves, there is particular mention of the orders given concerning it. I.
Commenting on Exodus 35:1-19
The tabernacle,.... Which is not a general name for the whole, the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies; but designs the ten fine linen curtains curiously wrought; or the under curtains, as Jarchi expresses it, which were within: his tent; the curtains of goats' hair, which were a covering over the others, and were made for a roof of the tabernacle, as...