ir Stene-tables, white the Prieſts 'cut them into their| afid five-cubits on tie other fide: and he meaſired tho
_ þ thereof forty cubics, and the breadth twenty cv- Its.
e Or the Aperture, the op0!1 ſpice which let in Tight, 2s wel! a: Men ; properly the Door ofthe Porch. f Between Poſt and Poſt, of which the folding Doors did hang. &£ The ſpace from the edge of thy Wall by the Potts ro rhe Side-wail inward, was oa each fide five Cu bits, on the North-ſide fo many, and on rhe Snuth fo many, which make the Content between Wall and V/1'i, as the Verſe hath it, 20 Cubitcs in breadth. - þ Of the Sanftuary, frem the Porch to the Par- ticzon berween the Holy of Holies, and the inward Front of che Wa!] of the SanQtuary was 40 Cubits, unleſs we ravuſt rake in the thickneſ; of the Walls of both Sanctuary and Holy of Holies, of which mor? may poſiibly be ſpoken.
3- Then went he inward z, and meaſured the poſt & of the door / two cubits, and the door fi; m cubits, and the breadth of the door ſeven cubits.
7 From the Porch through the Body of the Temple, to the Partition between the Body of the Temple and Holy of Holies, or the Oracle. & Either the thickneſs of that Particion-wall, or of the Pilaſters, which ſtood one on one ſide, and the other on the other ſide of the Door, / or Entrance out of che Temple into the Oracie. 2 This Door was fix Cubirs high, ſay ſome, bu* more likely *twas fix Cubirs broad, and an upright Bar or Poſt on which the Leaves did meer, and which w of one Cubits breadth, make out the 7 Cubits mention'd in the laſt words of this Verſe.
4 So: he meaſured the length thereof » twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty o cubirs before p the temple ; and
* ; north, z for the prielts * the keepers x of the charge of the * "4ltary: theſe are the ſons of * Zadok z among the ſons of Kins. Levi, which come near to the LORD to miniſter unto
him. |
u See ver. 45. let. rv. a See ver. 45. let.s.t. » To preſerve the Fire perpetually on the Altar, &c & The High Prieſt, who was put in by Sclomon's depriving of Abiathar, in whoſe Race the High Prieſthood continued, while God's Order was obſerved ; his Sons eſpecially among the Levites had this Charge,and in their Turns took care of the Altar ; which that they might the better do, they had thoſe Cham- bers, whoſe Proſpe& I do ſuppoſe was toward the Altar, _
47 Sohe meaſured the court 4, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, four-fquare 6, and the altar c
that was before the houſe 4d. "0 » The Inner Court, or Court ofthe Prieſts ; who, according to their ſeveral Charges, had Lodgings in it, as ver. 46. b This Court was an
'Is exatt equilatera] Square. «© Here the place of the Altay is only men- & tion'd; the meaſuring of it is ch2p. '4.3. from wer. 13. to ver. 18. This 6. 5 Altar was placed in the very Center of this Square, in a direct Line LW from the North, Eaſt, and South Gates, and might be ſeen from the
* lower Courts by thoſe who ſtood there. 4 The Temple it (elf.
48 T And hebrought e meto the porch of the houſe f, and meaſured each g poſt of the porch, five cubits on this - ſide, and five cubits on that ſide 4: and the breadth z of the | cate as three cubirts on this ſide, and three cubits on that
| lide. |
1 ol (:
11 _ B77 © joined the Temple, and was part of the Houſe. g The Poſt or Wall
2 5A, Py
= fide of the Wall, and the in-ſide of the Wall was five Cubirs on each
he ſaid q unto me, This is the moſt holy r place. : Of the Oracle, or Holy of Holies. 0 It was exa& ſquare, as was Solomon's, 1 Kings 6. 20, p Parallel with the breadth of the Temple, 9 .T he Prophet was commanded to hear, and now he ſhews us his Ac. tention. » As having the Tokens of God's more eſpecial Preſence, In that the Mercy-Seat and Propitiatory were there ; ſo called Nuws.7, 89. 'twas called alfo the Oracle, and 1 Kirigs 6. 15. the inner Houle. r, I5, 17.
5 Affer he meaſured the wall s of the houle * five cubirs s, and the breadth of every ſide-chamber x four cubits round
about » the houſe on every ſide &.
s Having lefc the Holy of Holies' meaſured 1n the 34 Verſe, now he is come to take the Meaſures of the outer Wall. :- The Temple it ſel{: # Three Yards thick was this VVall from the Ground to the firtt Story of the ſide-Chambers. z Of the loweſt Floor ; for there were three Stories of theſe, and they differ'd in their breadih, as the Wall of the-Temple on which they reſted abated of irs rhickneſs; for the middle Chambers were broader than the loweſt by a Cubir; and the higheſt as much broader than the middle, » On the North, South, and VVeſt parts, z On each fide of every one of theſe three Gates. The Eaſt-Gare, and Buildings about that, were not faced with ſuch Fa- Cings, |
ther, and || thirty in order 5; and they entred into the wall chamber 0«
c Which was of the houſe for 4 the fide chambers round a- v#7 /ac- bout, thatthey might e-# have hold, but they had not hold
e From the meaſuring the Butlding and Court. f That Porch which in the wall Fof the houſe.
chamber.
| ond thirty _ a Tnthree Stories high. þ How theſe thirty in a row were diſtri -*77e5, or
* oneach ſide of the Gate. þ+ The Thickneſs, or Space betweenthe out- | buted, is not ſaid ; ſome gueſs twelve on the North-ſide, as many on foot the South: ſide, and fix on the Weſt ; bur as this may be, fo poſſibly + Heb. 5:- it may not be; but we are ſure the whole Number is thirty in a row /9{7cn. | on each Story, 7.e. three times 3o, or go in all. *” Breadth was 11 Cubits ; but the Breadth of each Leaf of this folding ; ſix Cubit Wall, which was the VVall ofthe Houſe, bur another V'Vall of one Cubit thickneſs, on the top whereofwas a Reſt or Ledge of one : . Cubic breadth, on which the Ends of the Cedar-Beams were faſtned. * each Leaf hang'd on Poſts two Cubits thick, which amount to 11 |/ Tis ſaid this was built for the ſide-Cambers, either from the Foun. | . dation the Wall was made fo thick, that at 5 Cubits from the Ground they might rebate or drawin thethickneſs of the aſcending VVall ene Cubir, or elſe this Cubit-thick V Vall was after added: but this, as not probable, I reje&. e That the Beams of the Chambers might have goed and firm. r-{ting-hold,
c Not the five or
7 The Ends of the Beams were not
-: by the polts, one on this ſide, and another on that| thruſt into the main Body of the VVall of the Temple, as we ſee