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Rich Gifts for a King
Commentators explain that the materials listed were valuable and luxurious. The blue, purple, and scarlet dyes were derived from rare sources like shellfish and insects, and the fine linen was a prized Egyptian export. These offerings were not random; they were precious gifts fit for honoring God, the King who chose to dwell among His people.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 25:1–9
18th Century
Theologian
Yahweh had redeemed the Israelites from bondage. He had made a covenant with them and had given them laws. He had promised, on condition of their o…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 25:4
19th Century
Bishop
And blue, and purple, and scarlet. —The colours intended are probably: a dark blue produced from indigo, which was the on…
John Gill
On Exodus 25:4
17th Century
Pastor
And blue, and purple, and scarlet
The Jewish doctors are much divided about the sense of the words so rendered by us…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 25:1–9
17th Century
Minister
God chose the people of Israel to be a peculiar people to himself, above all people, and he himself would be their King. He ordered a royal palace …