fc WW fide North and South, if we ſuppoſe the Breadth of the Porch from fr. WW North toSouth, and the Length from Eaft to Weſt. :- The whole ls
' Gate was 3 Cubits, and they met, or ſhut on an upright Poſt, ſer in n MK | the middle of the Gate-ſpace, and this ene Cubit broad : And then _ Fl Cubits. | ME : | eo 49 Thelength & of the porch was twenty cubits, and is WM the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the ſteps / re WW whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars he WW fide. nd WW &# Tho Learned Men diſpute the Poſition of the Length, whether & BB from Eaſt to Weſt, or from Northto South, expreſs Word determines » > the Dimenſions of this Length and Breadth. / Eight ſay ſome, others
> 11,and ſome ſay 10, others ſay 12, but moſt ſay 8. 2 So ſoon as he & was come into the Porch, he ſaw two Pillars, that ſtood off from the nes + Side-walls, not joined to them, as the Poſts were; much like Farhin n = and Boaz in Solomon's Temple.
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F Am a he brought me to the temple, and mea- | \ ſured the poſts 5, ſix cubits broad c oh the one
ft- lide, and fix cubits broad on the other ſide , which was the : breadth of the tabernacle 4. |
| . * Affeer the meaſuring of the Courts,c5c. tiow the Prophet 1s brought
Wo to ſee the Temple it ſelf meaſured. 4 The thickneſs of the Walls
" (called Poſts here, as alſo chap.q 0. 48.) on the North-ſide, and on the
p South.ſide of the Gate. c One whole Reed in thickneſs. d Theſe
1ful Wallsin their thickneſs took up as much ſpace as the whole breadth of here Miſes his Tabernacle, Exod. 26. 22. where 8 Boards, each one Cubit - che _ half broad, make juſt the breadth of the Tabernacle 12 Cu-
C-- _ [of the Houſe went ſtill upward round & about the houſe : 4 Tic meaſures, parts, chambers of the Temple, together with its ornaments? [therefore the breadth of the houſe / was #711! upward, and-+ 1 Kings ; |; lo ericreaſed m frors the loweſt chamber to the higheſt by 6. s.
Beams laid into the Body ofthe V Vallsof Houſes ; butfor each Story a.rebatement of one Cubit in the thickneſs of che VVall, ſo that tix Cubits thick at the Ground up to the firſt Floor, and five Cubitrs thick from that to the ſecond Floor, and four Cubits thick from the ſecond ro the third. Floor ; ſo each Floorreſts on a Ledge of one Cubic with. out the VYall, and each Story grows a Cubit broader than thar is next lower,
7 And -f-* there was attenlarging g and a winding about 5+ Heb. it
{till upward to the ſide-chambers, for the winding / about w#5 194
broader ant went round.
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g Viz. ofthe ſide-Chambers, ſo much of breadth added to the Cham. ber as was taken from the thickneſs ofthe VVall ; that is, two Cubits in the uppermoſt, and one Cubit in the middlemoſt more than in the loweſt Chambers. + VVinding-Stairs which enlarged as the Rooms did, and theſe run up between each rwo Chambers, from the bottom to the top, ſothere were two Doors at the head of each pair of Stairs, one Door opening into one Chamber, and rhe other into the oppokite Chamber ;. or elſe ypu muſt make the Chambers thorow-Fares, and ſuppoſe Paſſages thcough all. ; Theſe Stairs, as they roſe in heighc, enlarged themſelves too. & z.e. On all ſides of the Houſe where theſe Chambers were, which, as obſerved, was on three ſides of the Houſe. 1 Ofeach Chamber. Grew broader by one Cubic i &ery upper Room or Chamber. » From 5 in the loweſt to 6x in the middle, and to 7 in the higheſt Chamber;
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8 Ifaw alſo the height of the houſe o round about : the
foundations p of the ſide-chambers were a * full reed of fix great cubits.
o Ofthe Chambers, or the three Stories of therh ; 'tis not the Tem- ple. p The loweſt: Chamber had properly a Foundation laid on the Earth ; bur the Floor of the middle and higheſt Story muſt be accoun- ted here a Foundation ; ſo fiom the Ground to the Cieling of the firſt Room was G6 great Cubits, from the firſt Beams, Joices and Boards to the ſecond,6 great Cubits, and from the third Floor to the Roof of the Chamber a like number, to which add we one Cubir for thickneſs of each of the three Roofs or Floors, you have 21 Cubits for height, 10 Yards and half high.
9 The thickneſs of the wall which vas for the ſide- chamber without 9, as five cnhits ; and that r which was
lek, was the place of the {ide chambers that were with- in Fs. 9 The outward Wall for theſe Chambers was 5 Cubits in thickneſs, and was made of Stone, which adled boch Beauty and Strength to the other part of the Building, and ſerved as Buttereſles to the Temple. Wall. 7 That ſpace which was left without this Wall about 5 Cubirs broad, and ſerved for a Wa'k before the Chambers, or for a Paſſage from one -Ch:mber to another. «Th: W.'k and Wall. |
19 And between the chambeis £ was the wideneſs of