_MOREOVER HE MADE AN ALTAR OF BRASS, TWENTY CUBITS THE LENGTH THEREOF, AND TWENTY CUBITS THE BREADTH THEREOF, AND TEN CUBITS THE HEIGHT THEREOF._ He made an altar of brass. Steps must have been necessary for ascending so elevated an altar, but the use of these could be no longer forbidden (Exodus 2... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO HE MADE A MOLTEN SEA OF TEN CUBITS FROM BRIM TO BRIM, ROUND IN COMPASS, AND FIVE CUBITS THE HEIGHT THEREOF; AND A LINE OF THIRTY CUBITS DID COMPASS IT ROUND ABOUT._ He made a molten sea - (see the notes at 1 Kings 7:23, as in that passage "knops" occur instead of "oxen" it is generally suppos... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UNDER IT WAS THE SIMILITUDE OF OXEN, WHICH DID COMPASS IT ROUND ABOUT: TEN IN A CUBIT, COMPASSING THE SEA ROUND ABOUT. TWO ROWS OF OXEN WERE CAST, WHEN IT WAS CAST._ Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast - the meaning of which is, that the circular basin and the brasen oxen which suppor... [ Continue Reading ]
_IT STOOD UPON TWELVE OXEN, THREE LOOKING TOWARD THE NORTH, AND THREE LOOKING TOWARD THE WEST, AND THREE LOOKING TOWARD THE SOUTH, AND THREE LOOKING TOWARD THE EAST: AND THE SEA WAS SET ABOVE UPON THEM, AND ALL THEIR HINDER PARTS WERE INWARD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE MADE ALSO TEN LAVERS, AND PUT FIVE ON THE RIGHT HAND, AND FIVE ON THE LEFT, TO WASH IN THEM: SUCH THINGS AS THEY OFFERED FOR THE BURNT OFFERING THEY WASHED IN THEM; BUT THE SEA WAS FOR THE PRIESTS TO WASH IN._ Ten lavers - (see the notes at 1 Kings 7:27.) The laver of the tabernacle had probabl... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE MADE TEN CANDLESTICKS OF GOLD ACCORDING TO THEIR FORM, AND SET THEM IN THE TEMPLE, FIVE ON THE RIGHT HAND, AND FIVE ON THE LEFT._ Ten candlesticks - (see the note at 1 Kings 7:49.) The increased number was not only in conformity with the characteristic splendour of the edifice, but to be a... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE MADE ALSO TEN TABLES, AND PLACED THEM IN THE TEMPLE, FIVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND FIVE ON THE LEFT. AND HE MADE AN HUNDRED BASONS OF GOLD._ He made also ten tables - i:e., of show-bread for the temple.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FURTHERMORE HE MADE THE COURT OF THE PRIESTS, AND THE GREAT COURT, AND DOORS FOR THE COURT, AND OVERLAID THE DOORS OF THEM WITH BRASS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HURAM MADE THE POTS, AND THE SHOVELS, AND THE BASONS. AND HURAM FINISHED THE WORK THAT HE WAS TO MAKE FOR KING SOLOMON FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD;_ Huram made - (see the notes at 1 Kings 7:40.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO WIT, THE TWO PILLARS, AND THE POMMELS, AND THE CHAPITERS WHICH WERE ON THE TOP OF THE TWO PILLARS, AND THE TWO WREATHS TO COVER THE TWO POMMELS OF THE CHAPITERS WHICH WERE ON THE TOP OF THE PILLARS;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SNUFFERS, AND THE BASONS, AND THE SPOONS, AND THE CENSERS, OF PURE GOLD: AND THE ENTRY OF THE HOUSE, THE INNER DOORS THEREOF FOR THE MOST HOLY PLACE, AND THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE OF THE TEMPLE, WERE OF GOLD._ The snuffers, х_ HAMªZAMROWT_ (H4212)]. The Targumists, considering this word deriv... [ Continue Reading ]