TABERNACLE] should probably be 'posts.' THE HOLY OF HOLIES (Ezekiel 41:3), Fig. 2, chapter Ezekiel did not accompany the measurer into this sacred chamber. The posts of the entrance (_ef_) were two cubits across. The entrance itself was 6 cubits wide (_ee, ff_) and the sidewalls (_kf, fk_) were of... [ Continue Reading ]
The Holy Place (Ezekiel 41:1), Fig. 2, _B._ This was the 'temple' strictly so called. The posts of its doorway were 6 cubits across (_cd_). The entrance was 10 cubits wide (_cc, dd_), and the sidewalls (_id, di_) were of 5 cubits each. The apartment itself was 40 cubits long and 20 cubits broad.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE CUBIT] RM 'a hundred cubits.'... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE HIGHER THAN] RV 'took away from', THAN THE LOWER] RV 'more than from.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE] RV 'in three stories', THEY ENTERED INTO] should probably be 'there were rebatements in', as in 1 Kings 6:6, which in any case gives the key to the meaning here.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND _there was_.. CHAMBERS] RV 'and the side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher.' THE RAISED PLATFORM AND SURROUNDING SPACE (Ezekiel 41:8). The Temple building and the side chambers stood on a basement which rose 6 cubits above the level of the inner court. This b... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEIGHT OF THE HOUSE] RV 'that the house had a raised basement.' THE WESTERN BUILDING (Ezekiel 41:12), Fig. 3, _K._ This was on the W. of the Temple beyond the 'separate place' (_H_), and had walls 5 cubits thick. Its internal measurement was 90 cubits by 70, and its external one 100 cubits by 8... [ Continue Reading ]
EAST should obviously be S. _(E) DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE AREA (EZEKIEL 42:15)_ The whole formed a square of 500 cubits each way. This follows from the measurements already given. 'Reeds, is a mistake for 'cubits', arising from the fact that the reed was used in the measurement.... [ Continue Reading ]
An obscure verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
The second LENGTH should be 'base.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THICK PLANKS stands for a word of unknown meaning. _(D) THE PRIESTS, CHAMBERS (EZEKIEL 42:1)_ This is the most obscure part of Ezekiel's description. The following are the clearest points. On the N. side of the Temple, and separated from it by the space _H_ (Fig. 3) was a group of buildings (_oumw_... [ Continue Reading ]