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. Ver. 1. _Afterward._] This chapter is no less dark and difficult than was the former, which made Jerome ready to desist... [ 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. Ver. 2. _And he measured the length thereof,_] _i.e., _ Not of the door, a... [ 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. Ver. 3. _Then went he inward._] Toward the Holy of holies. _ And the door._] Which in the second temple was but a veil, and rent at Christ's passion.... [ 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]. Ver. 4. _And the breadth thereof twenty cubits._] So it was a just square, intimating the stability of the kingdom of heaven, a kingdom that can... [ 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. Ver. 5. _He measured the wall._] With the counterforts added to it for strength and ornament; these are commonly called pilasters or pillars. _ Six cubits... [ 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. Ver. 6. _And the side chambers were three, one over anothe... [ 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._ Ver. 7.... [ 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._ Ver. 8. _The foundations._] _Plus rei quam ostentationis habebant,_ _a_ The good soul rather seeks to be good, than seems to be so. _ a_ Oecolamp.... [ 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. Ver. 9. _And that which was left._] _Area pura,_ _a_ the void place. _ a_ Piscat.... [ Continue Reading ]
And between the chambers [was] the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. Ver. 10. _And between the chambers._] Vulgate, The treasuries. In the Church much more room is taken up by such as are void of the treasure of God's grace than by better men, "rich in faith, and heirs... [ 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. Ver. 11. _Toward the place that was left._] Which served the faithful, saith Jerome, fo... [ 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. Ver. 12. _The separate place._] The temple, or at least some part of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; Ver. 13. _An hundred cubits._] The temple of Ephesus was 245 feet long, and 220 feet broad. Howbeit for spiritual employment, mystical signification, none ever... [ Continue Reading ]
Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. Ver. 14. Also the breadth … an hundred cubits.] Whereas Solomon's temple was only twenty cubits wide.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which [was] behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; Ver. 15. _An hundred cubits._] See on Ezekiel 41:13 . _ With th... [ 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; Ver. 16. And the narrow windows … and the windows were covered.] Here Jerome crie... [ 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. Ver. 17. _By measure._] Heb., Measure. See on Ezekiel 40:47 .... [ 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; Ver. 18. _And it was made with cherubims and palm trees._] Viz., Upon the partition walls. This was to teach Christians, who are the temples of God, (1.) To li... [ Continue Reading ]
So that the face of a man [was] toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: [it was] made through all the house round about. Ver. 19. _So that the face of a man._] See Ezekiel 1:10 . _ And the face of a young lion towards the palm tree... [ Continue Reading ]
From the ground unto above the door [were] cherubims and palm trees made, and [on] the wall of the temple. Ver. 20. _And on the wall of the temple._] Yet this is no warrant for the use of pictures in our churches, whether for worship, as Papists, or for ornaments only, as Lutherans. At a consultati... [ 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]. Ver. 21. _The posts of the temple,_] _i.e., _ Of the doors of the temple, were not round or arched, but square; as are at this day the doors of the Pantheon in Rome... [ 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. Ver. 22. _The altar,_] _scil., _ That for incense, whereof see Ex... [ Continue Reading ]
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. Ver. 23. _Had two doors._] Understand hereby the means of grace, and ministers dispensing the same, whereby souls are brought home to Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves; two [leaves] for the one door, and two leaves for the other [door]. Ver. 24. _Two leaves._] There are variety of ordinances.... [ 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. Ver. 25. _Cherubims and palm trees._] Let ministers resemble angels, and they shall be victorious, and well rewa... [ Continue Reading ]
And [there were] narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and [upon] the side chambers of the house, and thick planks. Ver. 26. _And thick planks,_] _i.e., _ The heads or ends of thick beams or joists, supporting the rafters. We see what use th... [ Continue Reading ]