In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. Ver. 1. _In the five and twentieth year; &c._] After... [ Continue Reading ]
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which [was] as the frame of a city on the south. Ver. 2. _Brought he me,_] _i.e., _ The Spirit brought me, who is called God's hand, Eze 40:1 _quia a Patre Filioque quasi marius dimanat:_ so he is... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought me thither, and, behold, [there was] a man, whose appearance [was] like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. Ver. 3. _And, behold, there was a man._] Christ the sovereign architect of his Church. _as _ Rev 11:1 This... [ Continue Reading ]
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew [them] unto thee [art] thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. Ver. 4. _Son of man._] A m... [ Continue Reading ]
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits [long] by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. Ver. 5. _And behold a wall on the outside of the house._] Betokeni... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, [which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold [of the gate, which was] one reed broad. Ver. 6. _Then came he unto the gate._] Henceforth we shall read of gates, gr... [ Continue Reading ]
_And [every] little chamber [was] one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers [were] five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within [was] one reed._ Ver. 7. _And every little chamber._] Or, Porter's lodge.... [ Continue Reading ]
He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. Ver. 8. _He measured, also the porch._] This porch, which had neither doors nor roof that we read of, was _symbolum coeli: coelum enim undique conspicuum lateque patens significabat,_ saith Josephus. _a_ It represented heaven. _ a_ _De Bell.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate [was] inward. Ver. 9. _And the porch of the gate was inward._] Or, This was the porch of the inner gate.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the little chambers of the gate eastward [were] three on this side, and three on that side; they three [were] of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. Ver. 10. _And the little chambers._] Here lay the doorkeepers, whose office was to keep out the unclean. 2Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; [and] the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. Ver. 11. _And the length._] That is, the height of the gate.... [ Continue Reading ]
The space also before the little chambers [was] one cubit [on this side], and the space [was] one cubit on that side: and the little chambers [were] six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. Ver. 12. _The space also before the little chambers._] Which space served either for seats, walk... [ Continue Reading ]
He measured then the gate from the roof of [one] little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth [was] five and twenty cubits, door against door. Ver. 13. _Door against door._] The one facing the other in a direct line.... [ Continue Reading ]
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate. Ver. 14. _Even unto the post,_] _i.e., _ The height was the same everywhere. See these things best set forth by pictures at the end of Castalio's and Lavater's annotations on the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
And [there were] narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows [were] round about inward: and upon [each] post [were] palm trees. Ver. 16. _Narrow windows,_] _i.e., _ Narrowed, the better to let in light, and so shadow... [ Continue Reading ]
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, [there were] chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers [were] upon the pavement. Ver. 17. _Then brought he me into the outward court._] In this temple were more courts and more chambers than ever were in Solomon's. H... [ Continue Reading ]
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates [was] the lower pavement. Ver. 18. _Was the lower pavement._] See on Ezekiel 40:17 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward. Ver. 19. _An hundred cubits._] Square.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the little chambers thereof [were] three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. Ver. 21. _Of the first gate,_] _i.e., _ Of the east... [ Continue Reading ]
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, [were] after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof [were] before them. Ver. 22. _And their windows._] See Ezekiel 40:16 . _ And they went up unto it by seven s... [ Continue Reading ]
And the arches thereof [were] toward the utter court; and palm trees [were] upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it [had] eight steps. Ver. 31. _And palm trees._] See on Ezekiel 40:16 . _ Eight steps._] See on Ezekiel 40:22 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought me to the north gate, and measured [it] according to these measures; Ver. 35. _And measured it according to these measures._] Vilalpandus here noteth that whatsoever is measured in one gate, the same is common to all the rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the chambers and the entries thereof [were] by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. Ver. 38. _Where they washed the burnt offering._] All must be pure and clean in God's service. “ _Pura Deus mens est,_ ”& c. This washing of the burnt offering prefigured baptism, sait... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the porch of the gate [were] two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. Ver. 39. _Two tables._] See on Ezekiel 40:38 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, [were] two tables; and on the other side, which [was] at the porch of the gate, [were] two tables. Ver. 40. _As one goeth up to the entry of the north._] Hereby was signified, say some, that our corrupt affections must be mort... [ Continue Reading ]
Four tables [were] on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew [their sacrifices]. Ver. 41. _Four tables._] Not altars, nor yet oyster boards, as the Papists scornfully call our communion tables.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the four tables [were] of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. Ver. 42. _Wherewith they slew the burnt offering._] The... [ Continue Reading ]
And within [were] hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables [was] the flesh of the offering. Ver. 43. _And within were hooks._] Where hung the beasts when they were flayed, and afterwards the priests' and offerers' portions, till after the sacrifice they were shared out.... [ Continue Reading ]
And without the inner gate [were] the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which [was] at the side of the north gate; and their prospect [was] toward the south: one at the side of the east gate [having] the prospect toward the north. Ver. 44. _Were the chambers of the singers._] These were t... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect [is] toward the south, [is] for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. Ver. 45. _For the priests._] Let none else intrude into them. See 2 Chronicles 26:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the chamber whose prospect [is] toward the north [is] for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these [are] the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. Ver. 46. _Which come near._] Exo 19:22 Leviticus 10:3; Leviticus 21:17,18; Levit... [ Continue Reading ]
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar [that was] before the house. Ver. 47. _So he measured._] Christ doeth all things in his Church in number, weight, and measure. By his Spirit he ordereth the length, breadth, and depth of his spi... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured [each] post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate [was] three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. Ver. 48. _The porch of the house._] Which was covered over-head, to... [ Continue Reading ]
The length of the porch [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and [he brought me] by the steps whereby they went up to it: and [there were] pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. Ver. 49. _The length of the porch was twenty cubits._] After the cubit of the s... [ Continue Reading ]