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Chap. yy Or, on. the inner-ſide ( whereby he might imply, that the outſide of
the Partition-Wall which looked towards the holy Place, was or
ſo covered. ) Of ( for the Hebrew Lamed is very oft a note of the
Genitive Caſe ) the Oracle, even of the moſt holy place: which laſt
words are added, to explain what he means by the word Oracle,
which he had not uſed before.
17 And the houle q, that js, the temple 7, before its, was forty cubits long. |
q ie e. The holy Place. r This is added, to reſtrain the ſignifica« tion of the word houſe, which otherwiſe notes the whole Building. 5 z. e. Before the Oracle. Or, as it is in the Hebrew,before my face; 7. e. before the place of my Preſence. Or, it may be ſaid to be before God, becauſe he being pleaſed to diſcribe himſelf as fitting upon the Cherubim, hath his face towards this houſe, where he beholds the ſervices of his People. So this part of the Houle di- ſtin& from the moſt Holy, hath its harmonious proportions alſo. The Length 45, to the Height 30, is Seſquiterian, or4q to; ; ( which is that of a Fourth in Muſick : ) The Length to the breadth, 4o to 20; as 2 to 1 : The Height to the Breadth, 3o ta 20, as 3 tO 2.
18 And the cedar of the houſe within was carved with || knops, and | open flowers ; all was cedar rc, Or there was no ſtone ſeen. _ gourd;
t 7. e. All the Houſe was covered with Cedar. Queff. How was 4 Heb, this rrue, when it was covered with Fir, 2 Chron: 3: 5 ? Anſ. 1+ It openings of was done with Cedar and Fir ; of which ſee on wer: 15. 2. Ir may flowers, be ſaid to be all cedar, becauſe the greateſt part was ſp, univerſal Particles being oft ſo uſed. 3. Cedar is here named, not to exclude all other Wood, but Stone only ; as the following words ſhew.
4. Or, all wasof Cedar ; that is, all the Carving was of Cedar.
19 And the oracle he prepared « in the houſe x within y, to fer there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. |
4 i.e. Adorned and fitted it for the Receipt of the Ark. x Heb. in the miadle of the houſe, or building ; not the middle Mathematically or exattly, bur in general within the Houle, as that Phralc, :z: :he middle, ott ſignifies 3 as Deut: 4: 11. Joſh; 7: 21+ Dan. 3.26, y Or,
2 the uttermoſt part of the Houle 3 for 1o this was, the entrance ins to the Houle being art the other end.
20 And the oracle in the forepart z was twenty cu- bits in length, and twenty cubirs in breadth, and twen- ty cubits in the height thereof a: and he overlaid it with f pure gold,and fo þ covered the altar c which wes 4 11, of cedar d. fout vp, or
z Or rather, which was in the inner part, to wit of the Houſe, cal- beatengili, ed here in Hebrew, the fore-part ; not becauſe a Man firſt enters there, but becauſe when a Man is entring, or newly entred into the ouſe, it 1s ſtill before hime Thus the ſame or the like word pro- ceeding from the ſame Root, is oft uſed, as Levis. 10. 18. 1 King. 6 19, 29, 39, 36. 1 Chron. 28. 1, a Obje#- The gicat Houſe was 39 Cubirs high, above wer. 2. Av. It is probably aiftirmed by di- vers, that the moſt holy Place was not 1c high as the holy Place, by ten Cubits z; which was no way inconvenient, nor againſt the Rules of Proportion obſerved in Buildings. And as the ſecond part of the Building was far lower than the tirſt, which was the Porch lo the third part might be conſiderably lower than the ſecond. And ir might be lower either, z. Outwardly, or in reſpe& of the Walls of it, which might be only 20 Cubirs high. and at that height co= vered with a flat Roof 3 1t being bur decent that that eminently holy Place ſhould be aiſtinguitned from the lets holy, even by its outward and viſible thape. Or 2. Inwardly, or within the Walls of that part. For although this part might be vaulted at the top, as the holy Place was, which vaulted Roof ſome think was ten Cubirs high 3 yet here might be the difference, That the vaulted Roof of the holy Place lay open to view ; whereas that of the moſt holy was covered with a flat Roof from Wall ro Wall, at the height of 20 Cubits. 6b 7«e. With Gold, chap. 7. 48. 1 Chron. 28. 18+ c To wit, The Altar of Incenſe, which was pur next to the moſt holy Place, wer. 22. d ObjeF. This Altar was made of Shit= tim Wood, Exod, 3o. 1 Anſ. Either that was covered with Cedar. that it might be agreeable to the reſt, a being Cedar, as was laid, ver. 18; Or this was a new Altar which Selozon made by Divine Command and DireCion, delivered to him, either immedaatly, or by his Father : of which, ſee 1 Chron, 28. 12, &c. Burt this place may 1cem to be better tranſlated thus, and he covered the alrar with Cedar, either to make ir like the reſt ; or, becauſe this was a new Altar made of Stone, and therefore fit to be covered with Cedar, rhat it might better receive and retain the Gold wherewith this Cedar was over-laid, ver. 22.
21 So Solomon overlaid the houſe e within with pure gold f : and he made a partition by the chains of gold g before the oracle hb,and he overlaid it i with gold:
e Or, that« houſe, to wit, the Oracle. f Compare 2 Chron. 3. 8. g 3. e, He made a Veil,which was upon,or before the Partition ; or which was a further Partition berween the holy,and the moſt holy; which Veil did hang upon theſe golden Chains. Others render it thus, he cloſed or ſhut ( as the word ſignifies in the Chaldee DialeR, from which divers Hebrew words borrow their fignification ) it ( 7. e, the Houſe now mentioned ; to wit, the Door of it ) with chains or bars of gold. þ i. e. In the outward part of the Wall, or Partition, which was ere@ed between the Oracle and the holy Piace, which is properly ſaid to be before the Oracle, which was the ſpace within, and beyond that Partition : for there the Veil was hung ; and there the Chains or Bars, or whatſoever is was which faſtned the Doors of the Oracle, were placed, i To wit, the Partition ; which he here diſtinguiſheth from the houſe or the main Walls of the Houſe, which he had in the former part of this
Verſe told us were overlaid with Gold ; and now he affirms as much of the Partition.
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