16 And there were F narrow g windows to the little t Heb. cc:
chambers 5h, and to their poſts ; within the gate round/: Or, aud
eries, Or arches. jOr,w::5- g Theſe Lights were made through the Thickneſs of the Wall of *-
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30 & And the gate d ofthe outward court + that looked + Heb. coward the north, he meaſured the length thereof, and the whoſe jace
breadth thereof.
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Faſhion and Ornaments of the Eaft-gate, fo that nothing needs be here repeated ; who would know all Particulars of this Gate, may find them in the Eaft-gate.
21 Andthe little 'chambers thereof ere three on this
fide, and three on that ſide ; and the poſts thereof, and the
' Or, ga] arches thereof were after the meaſure cf the firſt e gate :
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* Seew. = 30 And the arches i round about were * five and twenty 11h * Cubits long, and five cubits + broad. "Rey ; Here as once before, as wer. 11. let. k. Length 1s put for Height.
the length thereof was fifty f cubits, and the breadth five and twenty g cubtrs. e Called wer. 22. Eaſt-gate. f See wer. 15. g See wer. 13. let. p. 22 And their windows 4, and their arches z, and
their palm-trees &, were after the meaſure of the gate n
that looketh towards the eaſt, and they went up unto it by ſeven 7 ſteps, and the arches thereof ” ere before
» them. | ” h See wer. 16. let. g. # See wer. 16, let k, &Tbid, let.m. 7 "Tis he Eaſt-gate ; but by
not ſaid what number of Stairs they went up to the Eait-gA
chisit appears, they were ſeven Steps in number - and 't1s ſaid by ſome, the Form was ſemi-circular. » Of this Portico the curious vaulted Roof. » Within, or more inward than the Steps or Gate.
23 And the gate o of the inner court p as over againſt the gate 5 toward the north, and toward » the eaſt; and he meaſured from gate to gate an hundred cu- bits.
os The North-gate. þ Or Court of the P:1eſts. 9 North- gate of the outer Court ; theſe were dire&ly over-right each other. r 'Tis con- ciſe, but thus to be expreſt fully : The Eaſt-gare of rhe inner Court was dire&ly over againſt the Eaſt-gate of the outer Court, and equally diſtant from each other.
24 Afffer that « he brought me toward the ſouth 7z, and behold, a gate toward the ſouth «, and he meaſured
the poſts thereof, and the arches x thereof according to theſe meaſures. |
+ Having finiſhed the meaſuring of the Eaft-gate, and ſhewed the Prophet the Sameneſs of the North-gates's Buildings, Meaſures and Ornaments; now he is informed of the South- gate, and itsexaQt Sym- metry with the other two, which conſult in wer. 5, 6, 7,8, 9,10, 7. z Theſouth-point of Heaven. « South-part of the Houſe. & Vid. ver. 16. and 21, 22. Lf q
25 And there were windows y in it, and in the ar. ches thereof round about, like thoſe windows z ; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty Cubits. .
3 Vid. wer. 16. let. g. z Which were in the Eaſt-gate, and already meaſured there. .
26 And rhere were ſeven a ſteps to go up to it b, and the arches thereof were before them © ; and it had palm. trees, one on this ſide, and another on that ſide 4 upon the poſts thereof. |
# See wer. 22. b The Floor, or Square-Court. ©c Vid. wer. 22. let. ». d On theright and on the left-hand Poſts, each Poſt had one
Palm-tree.
27 And there as a gate in the inner court toward the ſonth, and he meaſured from gate to gate toward the fouth an hundred cubits.
As before the Eaſt-gate anſwered to Eaſt, and North to North ; ſo here one South-gate anſwers to the other in the confronting, or Pa- rallel-rwalls, and in all Points exa@ly uniform ; to prevent Repetition, I refer you tothe particular Meaſures, &c. of the Eaſt-gate.
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' $33 Andthe fittle chambers thereof, and the poſts there. of, and the arches thereof were according to theſe meaſures. and there were windows therein, and in the arches thereof round about : z: was fifty cubirs long, and five and ewenty Cubits broad.
Compare the 334 verſe with the 6th werſe, &c. tothe 16h, where the Form and Dimenſions are expreſly ſer down.
34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court, and palm-trees were upon the poſts thereof on this ſide, and on that ſide, and the going up to it had eight eps.
Vid. ver. 31. where this Verſe is explain'd. 35 T Andhe brought me to the north-gate o, and mes. ſured zt according to theſe meaſures : |
o From the Eaſt-gate, and taking the Meaſures hereof, he paſſerh by Order to the North-gate; where all is exa&tly conform'd to that in the South and Eaſt-gates.
35 The little chambers thereof, the poſts thereof, and
the arches thereot, and the windows to it round about; the
_ was hity cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cy. its, .
37 Andthe poſts thereof were towards the utter court, and palm-trees were upon the poſts thereof on this
[{ide, and onthat ſide ; and the going up to it had eight
ſteps. 38 And the chambers p, and the entries 9 thereof +: by the. poſts of the gates 7, where they waſhed 7 the burnt.
offering.
?Eitherthe ſix, three on one fide, and three on the other, as before In the Gates of the outer Court, orelſe Chambers built on purpoſe for the Uſes here ſpecified, as ſome conje&ure. q The Doors, as well 4; the Chambers , were by the Pillars probably adjoining to then,
7 Though ſome have thought the North-gate was that alone where they waſh'd the Burnt-offering, yet others conceive 'twas done at the Eaſt-pate too, if not at the South alſo; and the Piral Number war. rants us to look for another Gate beſide the North, when 'tis ſaid theſs Chambers were by the Poſts of the Gates, Plural. s God commanded, that the Legs and Entrails of this Burar-offering ſhould be waſhed, Lev. 1. 13. now here they did that; and whether theſe Chambers were built for this Uſe only, or pur to this, as to other holy Uſes, is not greatly material to enquire.
39 T Andin the porch t of the gate weretwo tables on, this ſide, and two tables on that ſide, to ſlay thereon the;
burnt-offering, and the * ſin-offering, and the * treſpaſs:
offering. | b : Though the Words ſeem ſo expreſs, yet doubt is made whether any Table were in the very Porch it ſelf, andthink they would cum. ber the Paſſage; but ſure where only the Prieſts in courſe of Miniſtra- tion entred, there would be no great Croud ; therefore I conceive, that theſe two Pairs of Tables were ſet in the very Porch ofthe Gate,which
15 the Letter of the Text.