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. The arrangements as to the land and the temple are, i... [ 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. IN THE VISIONS OF GOD - divinely-sent visions. AND SET ME UPON A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN - Moriah, very high as compared with the plains of Babylon, s... [ 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. BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN. The Old Testament manifestations of heavenly beings as men prepared men's minds fo... [ 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._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VER... [ 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. BY THE CUBIT AND AN HAND-BREADTH. Measures were mostly taken from... [ 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. AND WENT UP THE STAIRS - seven in number (). AND MEASURES THE THRESHOLD - t... [ 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. AND EVERY LITTLE CHAMBER. These chambers were for the use of the Levites who watched at the temple-gates;... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE MEASURED ALSO THE PORCH OF THE GATE WITHIN, ONE REED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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. THE POSTS - projecting column-faced fronts of the sides of the doorway, opposite to one another.... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ 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. THE SPACE - rather, 'the boundary.'... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ 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. THERE WERE NARROW WINDOWS - latticed windows (Henderson). The ancients had no glass, so they... [ 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. PAVEMENT MADE FOR THE COURT - tesselated mosaic (, "a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble"). THIRTY CHAMBERS WERE UP... [ Continue Reading ]
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. THE PAVEMENT BY THE SIDE OF THE GATES, OVER AGAINST THE LENGTH OF THE GATES, WAS THE LOWER PAVEMENT. The higher pavement was level with the entrance of the gates, the lower was on either side... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. The different approaches corresponded in plan. In the case of these two other gates, however, no mention is made of a building with 30 chambers, such as was found on the east s... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; AND HE MEASURED THE SOUTH GATE ACCORDING TO THESE MEASURES - namely, the measures of the outer gate. The figure and proportions of the inner answered to the outer. Verse 30. AND T... [ Continue Reading ]
And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. THE CHAMBERS, AND THE ENTRIES - literally, a chamber and its door. BY THE POSTS - i:e., at or close by the posts or columns. WHERE THEY WASHED THE BURNT OFFERING. This does not appl... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. HOOKS - cooking apparatus for cooking the flesh of the sacrifices that fell to the priests. The hooks were "fastened" in the walls within the apartment, to hang the meat from, so as to... [ 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. THE CHAMBERS OF THE SINGERS - two in number, as proved by what... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO ME, THIS CHAMBER, WHOSE PROSPECT IS TOWARD THE SOUTH, IS FOR THE PRIESTS, THE KEEPERS OF_ _ 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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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. THE KEEPERS OF THE CHARGE OF THE ALTAR: THESE ARE THE SONS OF ZADOK - lineally desc... [ 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. THE COURT, AN HUNDRED CUBITS LONG, AND ... BROAD FOUR-SQUARE - not to be confounded with the inner court, or court of Israel, which was open to all who had sacrific... [ 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. AND HE BROUGHT ME TO THE PORCH OF THE HOUSE, AND MEASURED EACH POST... [ Continue Reading ]