a Where they were placed for meer Ornament and Magnificence, for they ſupported nothing. e Fachin ſignifies he ; i:e: God ſball eftabliſh, to wit, his Temple, and Church, and People : and Boaz ſig- niftes, 71 it, or rather, in him ( to anſwer the he in the former name ) z ſtrength. So theſe Pillars being eminently ſtrong and ſtable, were in a manner Types or Documents of thar ſtrength which was in God, and would be put forth by God for the defending and eſta« bliſhing of his Temple and People, if they were careful to keep the Conditions required by God on their parts.
22 And upon the top of the pillars ws lily-work ; {o was the work of the pillars finiſhed. 23 CT And he made *a molten ſea f, ten cubits F
from the one brim to the other ; it was round all abour
did: compaſs it round about.
for its vaſtneſs called a Sea, which name is given by the Hebrews to all great colleQions of Waters. The uſe of it was for the PrieFsto waſh their Hands and Feet,or other things as occaſion required, with the Water which they drew our of it. See 2 Chron; 4; 2. Compare Exod; 30: 19, 20:
24 And under the brim of it round about, rhere were
the ſea round about : rows k, when it was Caſt,
g Or, carved or molten figures : for learned Hebricians note, that: this word ſignifies the Figures or PiQtures of all ſorts, as Flowers, Beaſts. &c. This general word is particularly explained of Oxer, 2 Chron: 2:3: unleſs there were ſo many Figures, or Sculptures of Gourds, or other Flowers ; and in each of theſe alittle Ox's head; h So there were 3oo in all. : Together wirh the Sea, nor carved. k It ſeems doubtful whether the ſecond Row had ten in each Cubir, and ſo there were zoo more ; or, whether the ten were diſtributed into five in each Row.
2 5 It ſtood upon twelve oxen J, three looking to- ward the north, and three looking toward the weſt, and three looking toward the ſouth, and three looking toward the eaſt y: and the ſea*was ſet above upon
them, and all their hinder-parts ere inward.
{ Of ſolid Braſs, which was neceſlary to bear ſo great a weight: it 15 probably conceived, that the Water was by Cocks drawn .out of the Mouths of theſe Oxen. m2 Party, for the more cqual and convenient ſupport of the Veſlel ; and partly, that divers perſons might draw Water our of it at the ſame rime, which was frequents ly neceflary, eſpecially in great Solemnities.
26 And it was an hand-breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained ewo thouſand baths =.
» Which amounts to 5oo Barrels, each Bath containing about 8 Gallons ; the Bath being a meaſure of the ſame bignets with an Ephah, Ezek: 45: 1x. Obj, This Sea is ſaid to contain 3000 Baths, 2 Chron: 4: 5. Anſ. Either there were two ſorts of Baths, as of Cu« bits, the 'one common, the other ſacred, and the ſacred held half as much more as the common : or rather, he here ſpeaks of what it did aCtually and uſually contain, to wir, 2000 Baths, which was ſufficient for uſe, and in 2 Ghron 4: 5: he ſpeaks of what it could contain if it were filled ro the brim, fs it 15 implied in the Hebrew words, which differ from theſe, and properly ſound thus, ſfrengthning zt ſelf ( to wit, to receive and hold as much as it could or being filled to its utmoſt capacity ) zt contained or could contain 3000 Baths.
27 And he made ten baſes o of braſs : four cubits was the length of one baſe, and four cubits the breadth
thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
o Upon which ſtood the ten Lavers mentioned below, v: 38: 1 which they waſhed the parts of the Sacrifices, 2 Chron; 4; 6.
28 And the work of the baſes as on this »nanner * they had borders p, and the borders were between the ledges :
phe brims, poſſibly for the more ſecure holding of the Lavers)
29 And onthe borders that were between the ledges,
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—_ ohere was a baſe Fr above: beneath the lions and oxen ere certain additions / made of thin work.
r So he calls the uppermoſt part of the Baſe : for though it was * above, yet it was a Bale to the Laver, which ſtood upon it. ther as Baſes for the Feet of the ſaid Lions and Oxen : or, only as further Ornaments.
20 C And every baſe had four brazen wheels z, and plates of braſs : and the four corneis thereof had under- ſetters « : under the laver were under-ſetters molten, at the ſide of every additien.
t Whereby the Baſes and Lavers might be carried from place to place as need required. # Heb. Shoulders; fitly ſo called, becauſe they ſtrongly ſupported the Lavers. that they ſhould nor fall from their Baſes, when the Bales were removed together with the Lavers. ; ES: :
31 And the mouth of it x within che chapiter y and above z w4s a Cubit 4: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the baſe, a cubit and an half b : and alſo upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, four-{quare, not round c.
x So hecalls that part in the ropofthe Baſe which was left hol- low, that the foot of the Laver might be ler into it, and faſtned in it. yz. e. Within the little Baſe, which he calls the chapiter, be- caule it roſe up from, and ſtood above the great Baſe, asthe Head doth above the reft of the Body. z Above the Chapiter ; for the Mouth went up. and grew wider like a Funnel. # Either in breadth : or rather in height: v: 35: whereof half a Cubir was above the Chapiter or little Baſc, asis faid v:25: and rhe other half 1s here implied to be within it, and below it. b'To wit, in compals. c $0 the innermoſt part, called the Mouth, was round, but the ourword part was ſquare, as when a Circle is made within a Quadrangle.
32 And under the borders were four wheels : and the +Heb. in axle»trees of the wheels were | joined to the baſe, and th boſe, the height of a wheel as a cubir and half a cubir. 32 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a Chariot-wheel-: their axle-trees,arnd their naves, and their felloes, and their ſpokes w:re all molten 4.
d And caſt rogether with the Baſes.