the Chambers, and the Wall was ſloped for that purpoſe, both with- in toward the Chamber, and without toward the Cloifter; this out- ward ſloping gathering the Light from without, and the inward ſlo. ping diddiſperſe it over all the Chamber, fo they were Windows nar. rowed inward tothe middle. þ The three on each $%e of the Porch. 7 The upper Lintel of each Door, over which was a Window to ler in Light from that ſide. & Windows under the Arches berween Poſt and Poſt, to give Light ro five Cubits ſpace between Chamber and Chamber. ! Theſe were on both ſides of the Porch within the Gare; exattly alike. 2 3.0. Engraven with curious Arr for Berury, and whoſe upper Branches ſpreading themſelves along under the Arches, ſeemed to bear up the Arches. |
I7 Then brought he me into the outward » court, and lo, there were chambers o, and a pavement p made for the court round q about: thirty » chambers were upon thepave- ment. ES
2 So called in regard of the more inward Court, between that where he was and the Temple it ſelf; . This Court here, called the ourward Court, was at leaſt the ſecond about the Temple, as you go through
the firſt and greateſt Court, or Floor encompaſſed with that Wall of one Reed high, and one thick rhrough the ſecond, which is the Courr
in the Wall.
of the People, and which probably is this in our Text. 0: Not only
10 And the little chambers g of the gate eaſtward, were three on this ſide, and three on thatſide; they three were of one meaſure, and the poſts had one meaſure on this ſide and
This 1s a Repetition of what the 7th Verſe hath already acquainted us with; I only obſ=rve, g Theſe Chambers were for the Prieſts and Leviresto Jodg in during their Miniſtration, according to their Courſes in the Temple, where they kept Watch continually Night and Day. | þ The whole was framed in very great Harmony, and juſt Propor- tions. |
11: And he meaſured the breadth of the entry z of the gue ten cubits, axd the length & of the gate thirteen cu-
It's,
; Ttis meant of the whole Length of the Entry, or Walk through thePorch, which was ſo wide, and to which they aſcended by Stairs of a Semi-circular Form. k The Height is meant, bur tis called its Length, either becauſe Height is an ereGted Length; or rather, becauſe rhirteencubirs isthegreater Dimenſion : And this Interpreters agree 1n, 'tis the Height of the Gatehere meaſured,
12 The ſpace / alſo before the little chambers »2 was one cubit on this fide, and the ſpace » was one Cubit 6n that lide; and the little chambers ere ſix cubits 0 on this ſide,
and fix cubits on that ſide. 7 | |
{ The Bound, Limit, or Rails, as ſome think, which were ſet up at a Cubir diſtance from the Front of theſe little Chambers, and gave a Beaury to them ; or elſe rhe ſpace of a Cubir on the our-ſide for conve- nientplacing of Benches for the Prieſts to ſit on, while they obſerved Whocame in, and went out of the Gate. m |Vid. wer. 7. » Between the Rails, or Baliiſters, and the Chambers on each ſide, North and South. o There was no difference in the Dimenſions of theſe little Chambers, they were all alike on each ſide.
13 He meaſured then the gate from the roof p of one little chamber to the roof of another: the} peach as five and twenty cubits, door 9 againſt
00r, go
\f From the Extremity of one little Chamber on the Nortli-ſide of yo Gate, to the Extremity of the oppofire Chamber on the South» | ae ; and fo one Cubirt and half for the Back-wajl of the one Chamber, ws as much for the Back-wall of rhe other Chamber, with the Lengch of the Chambers, ſix Cubits each, and ten for the Breadth of the Gate, — to 25 Cubirs. 9 Either ſo placed, that the Door of the firſt - amber on the North-ſide, anſwered to the Door of the firſt on the outh-ſide; or ſome ehink, the Doors of the Chambers were two iti
court [| without 65, .an hundred cubirs-eaſt ward Co
Lodging-rooms for the Prieſts, but alſo Store-houſes for Tirhes and Offerings ; theſe were Treaſuries, and fo rendred by ſome. þp Avery beautiful Floor laid with Chequer-work, as ſome fay of Marble, or of Porphyry, which is much richer. q *T'was not laid as we ſee ſome Courts before Great Houſes with us, in a fair Walk up from the Gate to the Door ofthe Houſe, but the whole Floor of this Court was thus paved. » That is, fifteen on the South-ſide of che Gate, and fifteen on the North-ſide, built over the Pavement.
18] And the pavement 5 by the ſide * of the gates, over againſt the length « of the gates, was the lower x pave- ment,
s That mentioned wer. 17. # That part which lay on each fide of the Gate, and fromrthence ſpread ir ſelf towards the Chambers, le. Ving a ſpace of a Pavement of equal breadth with the Porch, or Gate in the middle. « This length was meaſured fifty Cubits, wer. t x, from the out-ſfide of the firſt Wall ro the our-iide of the inmoſt Wall of the Gate and Porch ; from which, on a Pavement ſomewhat :aifed, aS1n other ſtately Walks, this went on to the next Gate of the next Court. x The fide Pavement was laid ſomewhat lower than this mid. dle Pavement ; not only for ſtate, bur for the more convenient. keep. ing it clean ; ſo the middle Pavement roſe with a little Convex-ſurface, and the Edges ſunk with a little Declivity.
I9 Then he meaſured the breadth z from the forefronc of the lower gate z, unto the forefront 2 of the inner
3.Of the whole Ground between the inner Front of one Gate an4 Porch, to the outward Front of the next-Gate more inward to the Temple. z Called ſo in reſpe& to the next Gate, which was on the higher Ground, and into which the Entrance was by Stairs or Steps : Sothe firſt of the Fabrick was the loweſt, the laſt was the higheſt, and the riddle Gates were the one higher than the other, as io all Bui!- dings that ſtand upon ſuch -Aſcents. a To the our-fide Front of the Gate of the Prieſts Court, which was next to this Gare now meaſured, that is from the Weſt-front of the lower to the Eait-front of che np. per Gate. þ This Conre from the Weſt-fronr of the Jower Gare, was one hundred Cubits in length to the Eaſt-front of the Cre of the inner Court. c And ſo was the ſpace from the Sourh- front of the Court to the North-front. So the Court was exattly
ſquare. | |
4 Now isthis Meaſurer giving an account of the North-gat2 of this
*ch Chamber inthe Eaſt and Weſt-parts, and ſo exaQtly ſer, that the |
outward Court ; in which 154 moſt exact Harmony with the q——_, Faſhion
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