PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON CHAPTER S 40-48.* * The reader is left to form his own judgment on the temple seen in vision by Ezekiel, from the various interpretations that I have given in the Preliminary Remarks, the Critical Notes, and the Reflections. "VITRINGA has proved, in two volumes in Dutch, and... [ Continue Reading ]
HE BROUGHT ME TO THE TEMPLE— After having described the courts and the porch, the prophet enters into the temple, properly so called, whereof he gives the dimensions and description.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN WENT HE INWARD, &C,— There is scarcely any understanding this without the LXX. It is a description of the partition-wall and door between the Holy and the Holy of Holies, which, according to the LXX, was twenty cubits long, that is to say, _the_ αιλ _of the door_ (which must mean the thickness... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY ENTERED INTO THE WALL— At five cubits' height from the ground, the wall, or the buttresses which supported the outward chambers, abated of their thickness one cubit, and there was a rest or ledge of one cubit in breadth, on which the end of the rafters of each story was fastened; for they _... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT WHICH WAS LEFT, &C.— _As much space, as there was between the side chambers adjacent to the temple._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE BUILDING &C.— The word בנין _binian,_ translated _building,_ signifies a _wall_ or _inclosure,_ which ran along the outside of the priests' court, commensurate with the breadth of the western side of the temple, which was seventy cubits from north to south; and extended in length from east t... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO THE BREADTH OF THE FACE OF THE HOUSE— _The breadth of the front of the temple, and of the separate area,_ &c. The whole front of the temple eastward was a hundred cubits; which some expositors compute thus. The breadth of the temple twenty cubits; the thickness of the outward walls twelve cubit... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALTAR OF WOOD— _The altar which was of wood, was three cubits high, two cubits long, and two broad; and it had horns; the bases and sides of it were wood._ See the LXX and Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THICK PLANKS— _And upon the thick planks._ Houbigant. That is to say, palm-trees, &c. were carved upon them. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The prophet is at last brought to the temple; for they who faithfully and perseveringly commit themselves to the divine guidance shall be brought to his eternal presenc... [ Continue Reading ]