h i, e- The holy Place, which was thrice as large as th ; "WR or the Holy of Holies, which is called :h arge 95 the leſſer houſe Gen.2u, the Notes on 1 Chron: 28; 11. 1s Called the of holy Houſe, v.8. See
6 And he ÞF garniſhed the houſe with i | ſtones T for beauty :; and the gold was mos "atone vaim 5. ; fGr. fo i See the Notes on 1 Kings 9: 26, &c: gry.
7 He overlaid alſo the houſe, the beams, the pofts
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8 And he made the moſt holy houſe, «|
whereof was according to the breadth of _s hoe —_— IC the breadth thereof twenty cubits :
and he overlaid it with fine gold :
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9 And the weight of the nails & was fifty ſhekels
of gold : and he overlaid the upper chambers 1 with
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of o . o . , fees, as it is faid here wv: 13. in a moving poſture.
1r And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: ene wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the houſe : and the other wing was likewiſe five Cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
' 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cu- bits, reaching to the wall of the houſe : and the other wing was five cubits alſo, joyning to the wing of ths other cherub,
13 The wings of theſe cherubims ſpread themſelves forth ewenty Cubics : and they ſtood on their feer, and - _ faces ere || inward ». ; || Or, #
ny Heb. Towara; the Houſe,or rather,that Houſe, not the Ho ſe, 9474 ih as divers underſtand it; for then their backs muſt hw cx Mo eeoſ towards the Ark, which was indecent and direaly contrair to the poſture of Moſes his Cherubims which looked towards it, bur the moſt Holy Houſe, which was laſt named, w: 8. and of which he con- | tirkues yet to ſpeak - this Poſture being moi? agrecable to their Uſe, which was with their Wings to cloſe in the Ark and cover
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15 Alſo he made before the houſe p * two pillars of thirty and five cubits f high 4, and the chapiter that was On the top of each of them was five cubits.
i. e. Before the Holy Houſe, or befcre the Temple, as this is ex- plained, v: 17: leſt it ſhould be underſtood of the Moſt holy Houſe of which he had ſpoken before. q To wit, both of them : of which
ſce the Notes on 1 Kings 7: 15.
16 And he made chains, as in the oracle r, and put them on the heads of the pillars, and made an hundred pomegranats s, and put them on the chains.
r As he had done, or like unto thoſe which he made, in the Or- cle ; of whichſee 1 Kings 6: 21, The Particle, as, is oft underſtood as G:1n. 49: 9: Dent: 33* 22, &cy s Jneach Row : or 2901n all, as 1s ſaid 1 Kings 7. 20.
17 And he * reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the righchand, and the other on the lefr, and called the name ofchar on the right hand, ||Jachin, and the name of that on the lefe, || Boaz.
CG 5 A © 46 The Altar of Braſs : 1- The molten Sea upon twelve Oxen, © 5. The ten Lavers, Canadleſticks and Tables, 6 $. The Courts and the Inſtruments of Braſs, 9 18. The Inſiruments of Gold, 19 22,
Oreoverhe made * an altar of brafs, twenty cubits che length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth chereof, and ren cubits the height thereof 4.
a Qz. How could this be when God had ſaid, Thou fhalt not go up by Steps 'unto m.ne Altar, that thy Nakedneſs be wot diſcovered therion, Exod: 20: 26. and Steps were neceſſary for ſo high an Altar as this was ? Anſw. 1. Theſe Steps were ſo made that there was no fear of this Inconvenience. 2. That Law was uſeful and fit when 1t was made ; bur afterwards when the Prieſts were commanded to wear Lim:n Breches in their Holy Mir iſtrations to cover their Nakeaneſs, Exod:28:42. it was not neceſſary. 3. Howſoever God could undoubt- edly diſpenſe with his own Law, as here he did ; for he it was that gave theſe Dimenſions for the Altar
2 * Aiſo he made a motcen ſea 6b, of ten cubits, F from brim to brim, round in compaſs, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compaſs ir round ab::ud aboar.
b Of this and v: 3, 4, 5, &c: ſee the Notes on 4 Kings 7: 23, &c.
3 * And under it was the ſimilitude of oxen, which did compals it round about : ten ina cubit compaſſing the fea round about. Two rows of oxen were caſt, when ic was caſt.
4 It ſtood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the weſt, and three looking toward the ſouth, and three looking toward theeaft: and the ſea was' ſet above upon them, and all cheir hinder parts were inward.
5 Andthe thickneſs of it was an hand breadth, and the brim of ic like the work of the brim of a cup, || with flowers of lilies ; azd it receivedand held three thouſand
Kings Daths.
6 He madealfo *ten lavers c, and put five on the right
tHeb the hand, and five on the left, to waſhin them: + ſuch tbings
ms as they offered for the burnt-offering, they waſhed in
frig them ; butthe ſea was for theprieſts to waſh in.
: c Of which ſee 1 Kings 7 : 39, &c-.
ings 7.* And he made ten candleſticks of gold according
"4: totheirform 4, and ſet them in the temple, five on the rignt hand, and five on the left.