Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. From describing the gates, courts, tables or altars, and courts and porch, he passes on to describe the temple itself.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. AND HE MEASURED THE LENGTH THEREOF - namely, of the holy place (Fairbairn).... [ Continue Reading ]
Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. THEN WENT HE INWARD - toward the most holy place.... [ Continue Reading ]
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. SO HE MEASURED THE LENGTH THEREOF - of the holy of holies. THE BREADTH, TWENTY CUBITS, BEFORE THE TEMPLE - i:e., before or in front of the most... [ Continue Reading ]
After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. THE BREADTH OF EVERY SIDE CHAMBER - the singular used collectively for the plural. These chambers were appendages attached to the outside of the temple, o... [ Continue Reading ]
And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. THE WALL WHICH WAS OF THE HOUSE FOR THE SIDE CHAMBERS ROUND... [ Continue Reading ]
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. THE BREADTH OF... [ Continue Reading ]
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE SIDE CHAMBERS WERE A FULL REED OF SIX GREAT CUBITS - the substructure, on which the foundations rested, was a full reed of six cubits. GREAT, [ 'ats... [ Continue Reading ]
The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within. THAT WHICH WAS LEFT WAS THE PLACE OF THE SIDE CHAMBERS THAT WERE WITHIN - `there was an unoccupied place within chambers that belonged... [ Continue Reading ]
And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS - i:e., of the priests in the court: between these and the side chambers "was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side." While long details are given as to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE DOORS OF THE SIDE CHAMBERS WERE TOWARD THE PLACE THAT WAS LEFT, ONE DOOR TOWARD THE NORTH, AND ANOTHER DOOR TOWARD THE SOUTH: AND THE BREADTH OF THE PLACE THAT WAS LEFT WAS FIVE CUBITS ROUND ABOUT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. Sum of the measures of the temple, and of the buildings behind and on the side of it Vers... [ Continue Reading ]
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; THE WINDOWS WERE COVERED. Being the highest windows, they were "covered" from th... [ Continue Reading ]
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. BY MEASURE - measurements (were taken). (Fairbairn.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT WAS MADE WITH CHERUBIMS AND PALM TREES, SO THAT A PALM TREE WAS BETWEEN A CHERUB AND A CHERUB; AND EVERY CHERUB HAD TWO FACES;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. THE APPEARANCE OF THE ONE AS THE APPEARANCE OF THE OTHER - the appearance of "the sanctuary," or holy of holies, was similar to that of "the temple" They differed only in... [ Continue Reading ]
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. THIS IS THE TABLE THAT IS BEFORE THE LORD - the altar of incense (); at... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE TEMPLE AND THE SANCTUARY HAD TWO DOORS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. THICK PLANKS - a thick plank-work at the threshold. Remarks: (1) The temple here described in detail, as about he... [ Continue Reading ]