1Ki 7:24-26, Eze 1:10, 10:14, 1Cor 9:9-10, Rev 4:7 | TSK | STEP

1 Kings 7:24-26

knops.

6:18; Ex 25:31-36; 37:17-22

compassing the sea.

2Ch 4:3

2Ch 4:4,5; Jer 52:20; Eze 1:10; Mt 28:19; Mr 16:15,16; Lu 24:47

1Co 9:9; Re 4:6,7

an hand breadth.

Jer 52:21

with flowers.

19; 6:18,32,35

it contained.This immense laver, called a sea from it magnitude, held, at a moderate computation, 16,000 gallons. Besides this great brazen laver, there were in the temple ten lavers of brass of a less size, which moved on wheels, and were ornamented with the figures of various animals, having, probably, always some relation to the cherubim. These lavers were to hold water for the use of the priests in their sacred office, particularly to wash the victims that were to be offered as a burnt offering, as we learn from 2 Ch 4:6; but the brazen sea was for the priests to wash in. The knops are supposed to have been in the form of an ox's head, (2 Ch 4:3;) and some think the water flowed out at their mouths.

two thousand.

38; 2Ch 4:5; Eze 45:14

Ezekiel 1:10

for the.

10:14; Re 4:7

the face of a man.

Nu 2:10; Isa 46:8; Lu 15:10; 1Co 14:20

the face of a lion.

Nu 2:3; Jud 14:18; 1Ch 12:8; Re 5:5

the face of an ox.

10:14

Cherub.

Nu 2:18; Pr 14:4; 1Co 9:9,10

the face of an eagle.

Nu 2:25; De 28:49; Job 39:27; Isa 40:31; Da 7:4

Ezekiel 10:14

every.

21; 1:6-10; 1Ki 7:29,36; Re 4:7

the face of a cherub.In ch. 1:10, instead of "the face of a cherub," it is "the face of an ox:" hence a cherub was in the likeness of an ox, at least as to its head. The extraordinary shape of these angelic beings, which appeared to the prophet in vision, is manifestly symbolical; for it is not to be supposed that these heavenly beings are really thus formed. The four faces, wings, and the arms of a man, denote the sublime qualities of these immediate ministers of the Deity; qualities entirely essential to fill up the extent of their duty. The face of a man denotes their intelligence; of a lion, their intrepid courage; of an ox, their patience and perseverance in labour; and of an eagle, their great penetration, their sublime sight into heavenly things, and their readiness to rise up into all that is great and divine. The wings being stretched out, signifies their readiness and rapidity in obeying the commands of their Master; the wings bent down, denotes their profound respect before the Lord of the Universe; and the man's arms under the wings, shew that zeal produces application and labour.