m Approved to do the Cobk's Work. n Either Levites, or elſe degraded Prieſts, of which chap. 44. ver. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14: which ſee. o The Templeof God. p which they bring, particularly their Peace-Offering, of which the People were to have a Portion, and to eat it before the Lord, which is the Reaſon ſome think theſe Courts and Kitchins were in the Corners of the Courts of the People ; but I think, as the people bringing a Sacrifice were admitted into the Court, that was the Court of the Prieſts, and to the very Gates of the Court of the Temple, where they gave rhe Sacrifice to the Prieſt ,
ſaw him prepare and offer ir for them, ſo they might be admitted to: Feaſt on ſo ſolemn occaſion in the Courts or Chambers , dinar1ily they might not come ; 4 Kitchin-Courts to have been in the Court of the people , £s more like they were in the Prieſts Courts. '
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CHAP, XLVII
KIEL, Chap. &1 ſeen b? thenhebrought me, ahd cauſed me to return ;
to the brink ofthe river.
a The Man with the Meaſuring Jine in hand. b Obſerved and, ſidered this , haſt thou well ſeen this ? c *Tis not ſaid whether he ms gone from the Bank; tho it be ſaid he returned to the Brink, o; Why haps tis, he cauſed me to return along by the Brink of the River, © *
7 Now when I had returned 4, behold, * at the 4
bank e of the river were very many trees f on the one ide
and on the other g.
d In his firſt coming he obſerved none, and no mention is made gr any Trees, but it ſeems he found them on his return ; tho they do nor really ſo ſoon grow, they might be viſionally there. e Where uſually for Delight and Ornament, for Profit too Men plant Trees. f The king; are not mentioned, tho the Excellency of them 1s commended, yer. 1, but the Multitude ofthem is mentioned, and rhe Growth intimared i the Hebrew, and perhaps the Uniformity of them, which ſeemed acof one Tree; for ſo 'tis the ſingular Number in the Hebrew. & On the North and South-ſides, for the River ran from Eaſt to Weſt.
3 Then ſaid heh unto me, Theſe waters iſſue out t.
The viſion of tbe holy waters flowing out of the new Jeruſalem, 1—$. the virtueof them, 6— 12. The borders of the land of inheritance dcſcribed, 13—— 21. @ivided among ft Iſrael and ſtrangers, 22,23.
I Fterward a he brought 5 me again unto the door of
the houſe c, and behold, waters iſſued 4 out from!
ward the eaft.countrey, and go down into the 5 || deſert and go into the ſea / : which being brought m2 torth into thel ſea, the waters»: ſhall be healed.
h Ver. 6. let. 8. i Some read it as a proper Name, and fo render
under the threſhold e of the houſe eaſtward : for the fore-i it ; they did run toward Galilee in the Eaſt, and the Hebrew bears i
front of the houſe /food toward theeaſt, and the waters came down from under from the right-ſide f of the houſe , at the fouth-ſide g of the altar.
a After that the Temple was meaſured , and the Ordinances of it were ſcttled, and what pertained to Prince and Pcople afſign'd, ©. b The Angel, or the Spirit of God, ehap. 1. 3.and 3. 22. c The Temple it {elf d Some doobſerve, that there were AqueduQs Jaid under Ground, which from ſome Fountain were convey'd to cleanſe and purge away the Blood of Sacrifices poured forth, and the Excrements of the flain Beaſts, of which ſome would remain after greateſt Care ; however they would need much Water about their Temple-Services, and this was convey'd in Pipes from the Fountain Eram, as Dr. Light- fot obſerves from their Rabbins, and from Ariſtew an Eye-witnels ; theſe gave occaſion or ground of this Viſion. e The Fountain lay tn the Weſt, the Conduit-pipes were laid to bring the Water to the
Temple, and fo muft run Eaſtward, and perhaps one main Pipe might N be Jazd under the Eaſt-gate of the Temple. f On the South-ſide off
the Temple; for ſo the South is to a Man whoſe Face Iooketh toward the Eaſt. « Towards the South-ſide of the Altar, for ſo it ſeems they were convey'd to run till they came to the Altar, and were convey'd by the right (ide ofitinto a Room they called the Wel-Room. The ſpiritual meaning I refer to the private Meditations of Chriſtians. Thus for of the Aquedu&s.
2 Then brought he me out + of the way of the gate
northward 7, and led me about &k the way without /
unto the utter gate 2 by the way that looketh ealtward 2, and behold, there o ran out waters on the right ſide p. |
h Of the inmoſt Court, where he ſaw the Waters running under the Threſhold, and by the South-fide of the Altar. #7 The Eaſt-Gare being ſhur, the Prophet in this Viſion is 1:d to the North-gate, our of which he gocth into the next Court, and ſ@ through them all ci)l hecomes to th: North-Gate of the outmoſt Court. k Cauſed him to go about from that Gate to the Eaſt-Gate of the ſame Court. ] Not on the inſide of the Wall, but round on the outſide of the
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Wall, which will appear preſently, and the Reaſon why. »» The
* ©utmoſkh North-Gate in the Wall that compaſled the whole Mountain
of the Lord's Houſe. » When the Prophet was come quite out of
all the Courts, and is on the outſide ofthe laſt Wall, he is turned from the North-Gate towards the Eaſt-Gate, and walks up to that Gate. o There he found the Water-courſe. p That is on the South. ſide. Vid. wer. 1. let. f. |
3 And whenthe man q that had the liner in his hand, went forth 5 eaſtward, he meaſured 7 a thouſand cubits «, and he brought me through the waters x 5 the | waters
+ Heb.wa- zyereto the ankles y.
e275 of the axkles.
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ters of fe W1314z1T,
9 This is he, who accompanied the Prophet as his Guide all along, and of whom already hath been ſpoken in ſeveral Notes. » Mentioned in chap. 40. vey. 3. but hithertonot uſed, for the Reed and Cubir hi- therto were uſed only, at leaſt only mentioned. s From the Gate direCtly Eaſt, with whom the Prophet goeth. # By the Line in his Hand. « Almoſt the third part of an Engliſh Mile, it wanted about 8o Yards of a third part. x Went before him as his Guide, and the Prophet followed; all this in Viſion. y Some five or ſix Inches deep.
4 Again he meaſured a thouſand, and brought me through the waters ; the waters were to the knees : again he meaſured a thouſand, and brought me through ; the waters were to the loins.
5 Affeerwards he meaſured a thouſand, and it was a river that I could not paſs over; for the waters were riſen, -# waters to ſwim in, a river that could not be paſſed over &.