1Ki 5:17, 1Ch 29:2, Eze 40-42, Eph 2:20, 1Pe 2:4-6 | TSK | STEP

1 Kings 5:17

costly stones.

6:7; 7:9; 1Ch 22:2; Isa 28:16; 1Co 3:11,12; 1Pe 2:6,7; Re 21:14-21

1 Chronicles 29:2

I have prepared.

22:3-5,14-16

with all.

2Ch 31:20,21; Ec 9:10; 2Co 8:3; Col 3:23; 1Pe 4:10,11

the gold.

28:14-18

onyx stones.{Avney shoham,} which was, probably, not the precious stone or gem called onyx, but a marble called in Greek {onychites,} which Pliny mentions as a stone Caramania; for one would hardly think that gems of any kind were used externally in such a building as the temple. Antiquity gave both stones this name, because of their resemblance to the nail of the finger.

Ge 2:12; Ex 28:17,20; 39:6,13; Job 28:16; Isa 54:11,12

Re 21:18-21

glistering stones.{Avney phuch} seems to denote a kind of black marble, so called from its colour resembling stibium: so Vulgate {quasi stibinos.}

marble stones.{Avney shayish} is rendered in the Targum {avney marmoraiyah,} "stones of marble," and by the LXX., and Vulgate [Parion] or [Parinon,] or {marmor Parium,} "Parium marble," which was remarkable for its bright white colour. Josephus says that the temple was built of large blocks of white marble, beautifully polished, so as to produce a most splendid appearance.

Ezekiel 40

1 The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple.

6 The description of the east gate of the outer court;

20 of the north gate;

24 of the south gate;

27 of the south gate of the inner court;

32 of the east gate;

35 and of the north gate.

39 Eight tables.

44 The chambers.

48 The porch of the house.

In the five.On Tuesday, April 20.

1:2; 8:1; 29:17; 32:1,17

after.

33:21; 2Ki 25:1-30; Jer 39:1-18; 52:1-34

selfsame.

Ex 12:41

hand.

1:3; 3:14,22; 11:24; 37:1; Re 1:10

the visions.There can be little doubt, that the grand outlines of the description of the temple, in the following extraordinary vision, were taken from that of Solomon's, with all the additions made to it in after ages; and we may suppose that Zerubbabel and the other Jews had respect to it, as far as circumstances would permit, in rebuilding the temple after the captivity. There are, however, many circumstances which conclusively shew, that something infinitely superior to either the first or second temple was intended; and that the external description must be considered as a figure and emblem of spiritual blessings. Probably the more immediate accomplishment of the prophecy will be subsequent to the conversion and restoration of the Jews, the destruction of Gog and Magog, and the pouring out of the Spirit, mentioned at the close of the last chapter; but whether there will be any external forms analogous to these cannot be determined, though in some respects it seems improbable.

1:1; 8:3; Da 7:1,7; Ac 2:17; 16:9; 2Co 12:1-7

a very.

17:22,23; Isa 2:2,3; Da 2:34,35; Mic 4:1; Re 21:10

by. or, upon. as the.

48:30-35; Ga 4:26; Re 21:10-23

frame.

1Ch 28:12,19

on the south.

Isa 48:2; 14:13

whose.

1:7,27; Da 10:5,6; Re 1:15

with.

47:3; Isa 8:20; 28:17; Zec 2:1,2; Re 11:1; 21:15

behold.

2:7,8; 3:17; 43:10; 44:5; Mt 10:27; 13:9,51,52

declare.

Isa 21:10; Jer 26:2; Ac 20:27; 1Co 11:23

a wall.

42:20; Ps 125:2; Isa 26:1; 60:18; Zec 2:5; Re 21:12

by.

De 3:11

so he.

42:20

unto.

20; 8:16; 11:1; 43:1; 44:1; 46:1,12; 1Ch 9:18,24; Ne 3:29; Jer 19:2

which looketh. Heb. whose face was the way. stairs.

26; 1Ki 6:8

threshold.

10:18; 43:8; 46:2; 47:1; Ps 84:10; *marg:

one reed.

5,7

42:5; 1Ki 6:5-10; 1Ch 9:26; 23:28; 2Ch 3:9; 31:11; Ezr 8:29

Jer 35:4

the posts.

45:19

the little.

they three.The entrance into the outer court seems to have been through a porch with doors at both ends; and on each side of this porch were three small chambers, or rooms, for the use of the porters, a reed square in size, with a passage of five cubits between them. The common cubit, termed the "cubit of a man," (De 3:11,) was about 18 inches; but the cubit used by the angel was, as we learn from ch. 43:13, "a cubit and a hand breadth," or about three inches more than the common cubit, that is 21 inches. Hence the measuring reed, which was "six cubits long, by the cubit and the hand breadth," (ver. 5,) must have been about 10® feet

space. Heb. limit, or bound.

the gate.The whole arch of the east gate, measured from the southern extremity of one room to the northern extremity of the opposite room, was 25 cubits; including the dimensions of the two rooms, or twelve cubits, (ver. 7;) the spaces before the rooms, or two cubits, (ver. 12;) and the breadth of the entrance, ten cubits, (ver. 11;) making all 24 cubits, leaving one cubit for the thickness of the walls.

the court.

8:7; 42:1; Ex 27:9; 35:17; Le 6:16; 1Ch 28:6; Ps 100:4; Isa 62:9

the face of the gate.This was the whole length of the porch, from the outward front, (ch. 41:21, 25,) to the inner side which looks into the first court, (ver. 17,) including the thickness of the walls, (ver. 6,) chambers, (ver. 7,) and spaces between them.

narrow. Heb. closed.

41:16; 1Ki 6:4; 1Co 13:12

the little.

7,12

arches. or, galleries, or porches.

21,22,25,30; 41:15; 42:3; Joh 5:2

inward. or, within. palm trees.

1Ki 6:29,32,35; 2Ch 3:5; Ps 92:12; Re 7:9

the outward.

10:5; 42:1; 46:21; Re 11:2

there were.

1Ki 6:5; 1Ch 9:26; 23:28; 2Ch 31:11

thirty.

42:4; 45:5

unto the.

23,27; 46:1,2

without. or, from without.

the gate.

that looked. Heb. whose face was.

the little.

7,10-16,29,30,36,37

arches. or, galleries, or porches.

16,26,30,34

after.

8,10,13,15,25,29

palm trees.

16,31,37; 1Ki 6:29,32,35; 7:36; 2Ch 3:5; Re 7:9

and they.

6,26,31,34,37,49; Heb 6:1

before them.Or, "suitable to them," that is, to the arches of the east gate. The north gate into the outward court, and every thing belonging to it, were exactly the same as the east gate.

the gate of.That is, the gate of the inner court was opposite, and exactly answered to the gate of the outward court, both on the north and east side; and between the gates of the outward and inner court was a space of an hundred cubits.

and he.

and behold.

and he.

according.That is, according to the measures of the eastern and northern gates. There does not appear to have been any gates on the west, though the courts seem to have extended to the western wall

windows.

16,22,29; Joh 12:46; 1Co 13:12; 2Pe 1:19

the length.

21,33

seven.

6,22,29; 2Pe 3:18

palm trees.

16,22; Ps 92:12,13; So 7:7,8

in the.

23,32

and he.

19,23,47

he brought.As the outward court inclosed the inner, the prophet was led from the south gate of the outward court to the south gate of the inner, which was opposite it, and so into the inner court itself.

according.

32,35

the little.The entrance into the inner court seems to have been through a portico, exactly like that at each gate of the outward court; but the ascent was by eight steps, instead of seven.

7,10,12; 1Ch 28:11,12; 2Ch 31:11; Ne 13:5,9; Jer 35:2-4; 36:10

and there.

16,22,25

the arches.These are supposed to have been built over the spaces which separated the little chambers, or porters' lodges.

five and.

21,25,29,33,36

five cubits.Instead of five cubits, it seems evident, from the parallel places, that we should read twenty-five: the word {êsrim} appears to have been lost out of the text.

broad. Heb. breadth.

and palm.

eight.

into the.

it was.

palm trees.That is, probably, the capital of each pillar was ornamented with sculpture, representing leaves or branches of the palm tree.

eight steps.

6,22,26,31,34,37,49

to the.

27,32; 44:4; 47:2

measured.The north gate, as well as the east, was built in the same manner, and of the same dimensions, as the south gate. See the parallel passages.

little.

21,29,36

the posts.

31,34

the utter court.That is, "the outer court," as the word utter primarily denotes.

the chambers.

12; 41:10,11; 1Ki 6:8

where.This place, where the legs and entrails of the sacrifices, especially of the burnt offerings, were washed, was just within the portico of the north entrance to the inner court, or court of the priests. An allusion to this is most probably made by the inspired apostle when writing his Epistle to the Hebrews, at the 10th chapter and 22nd verse. "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."

Le 1:9; 8:21; Heb 10:22

tables on that.

41:22; 44:16; Mal 1:7,12; Lu 22:30; 1Co 10:16-21

the burnt.

Le 1:3-17

the sin.

Le 4:2,3,13-35; Isa 53:5,10; 2Co 5:21

the trespass.

Le 5:6-13; 6:6; 7:1,2

at the side.Two tables were on each side, as you come into the porch of the gate; and two on each side of the inner part of the gate that looked towards the altar; in all eight tables, on which they slew and cut up the victims. It does not appear that any such tables were used either in the tabernacle or temple; and this seems to intimate the introduction of a new and more spiritual dispensation: See the referemces.

as one goeth up. or, at the step.

within.These were probably for hanging up the victims in order to flay them.

hooks. or, end-irons, or, the two hearth-stones. upon.

Le 1:6,8; 8:20

the inner.

23,27

chambers.

7,10,29; 1Ch 6:31,32; 16:41-43; 25:1-31; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16

chamber.The word chamber probably here denotes a row of chambers, of which there seems to have been three: one for the singers; one for the priests who in their courses took charge of the sacred vessels and treasures; and one for the priests who attended on the altar and sacrifices.

whose.

8:5

the keepers.

Le 8:35; Nu 3:27,28,32,38; 18:5; 1Ch 6:49; 9:23; 2Ch 13:11

Ps 134:1; Mal 2:4-7; 1Ti 6:20; Re 1:6

charge. or, ward, or, ordinance, and so ver.

the keepers.

44:15; Le 6:12,13; Nu 18:5

these.

43:19; 44:15; 48:11; 1Ki 2:35

which come.

Le 10:3; Nu 16:5,40; Eph 2:13

court.This was the inner court, or court of the priests, which was of the same dimensions with each division of the outer court; and the altar stood directly before the porch of the temple.

an hundred cubits long.

19,23,27

the porch.The length of the porch was twenty cubits, the same as the breadth of the temple, and the breadth eleven cubits, that is, one cubit more than in Solomon's temple. Two bivalve, or folding doors, each leaf of them being three cubits wide, seem to have formed the entrance; which, with five cubits, perhaps of brick or stone work, one each side, called "the post of the porch," amount to sixteen cubits; and the other four cubits may be supposed to have been the distance from these posts to the outside walls of the temple.

1Ki 6:3; 2Ch 3:4

The steps.This was a flight of steps which led from the inner court into the temple.

31,34,37

pillars.

1Ki 7:15-21; 2Ch 3:17; Jer 52:17-23; Re 3:12

Ezekiel 41

1 The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple.

he brought.

40:2,3,17

to the temple.

1Ki 6:2; Zec 6:12,13; Eph 2:20-22; 1Pe 2:5; Re 3:12; 11:1,2

Re 21:3,15

the posts.These were probably a sort of door-case on each side of the entrance; and the tabernacle perhaps was a kind of covering to the door, of the same dimensions.

the door. or, the entrance.This was the door out of the porch into the sanctuary, which seems to have been wider than that from the court to the porch.

Ex 26:36; 36:37; 1Ki 6:31-35; 2Ch 3:7; 29:7; Joh 10:7,9

the length.

1Ki 6:2,17; 2Ch 3:3

two cubits.This was the thickness of the partition wall between the sanctuary (ver. 2) and holy of holies (ver. 4); the breadth of the wall on each side of the gate being seven cubits, and the entrance into the holy place six cubits in width.

twenty cubits.

1Ki 6:20; 2Ch 3:8; Re 21:16

This.

Ex 26:33,34; Heb 9:3-8

side chamber.

6,7; 42:3-14; 1Ki 6:5,6

one over another. Heb. side chamber over side chamber.thirty in order. or, three and thirty times, or feet. We find by Josephus, that around Solomon's temple were chambers three stories high, each story consisting of thirty chambers; which are supposed to have been on the north, south, and east sides of the temple.

and they.

1Ki 6:6,10

have held. Heb. be holden.

1Pe 1:5

but.That is, the beams or supporters, of the chambers were not let into the main wall of the temple; but rested on projections of the outer wall, which became a cubit narrower at every story, leaving a ledge of one cubit, to support the beams.

there was. Heb. it was, made broader, and went round.

1Ki 6:8; Mt 13:32; Heb 6:1

an enlarging.In the same proportion in which the thickness of the wall decreased, the chambers increased, so that the middle story was one cubit larger, and the upper story two cubits larger, than the lower rooms; and a winding staircase, which widened in the same manner as the rooms, ascended from the bottom to the top.

a full.

40:5; Re 21:16

was five.

that which.This appears to have been a walk, or gallery of communication between the chambers, five cubits broad, into which the doors opened.

11; 42:1,4

the chambers.As the word rendered chambers is different from that used before, it is supposed there was another row of buildings, parallel with the side chambers, with a passage of twenty cubits between.

and the breadth.

9; 42:4

separate.

13-15; 42:1,10,13; Re 21:27; 22:14,15

the wall.This appears to have been a building erected at the west end of the temple.

he measured.These verses (13-15) seem to intimate, that all the buildings of the temple occupied an area of 100 square cubits.

galleries. or, several walks, or walks with pillars.

42:3; So 1:17; 7:5; Zec 3:7

with the.

17; 42:15

narrow.

26; 40:16,25; 1Ki 6:4; 1Co 13:12

ceiled with wood. Heb. ceiling of wood.

1Ki 6:15; 2Ch 3:5; Hag 1:4

from the ground up to the windows. or, the ground unto thewindows. covered. Probably either by jutting out of the main wall of the temple; or by lattice work, or curtains, or by both.

To that.That is, the windows were placed above the height of the door, at the east end of the temple, and thus continued, at the same height, and at measured distances, along both sides of the holy place, to the wall of the inner sanctuary, in which there were no windows.

measure. Heb. measures.

42:15

with cherubims.

1Ki 6:29-32; 7:36; 2Ch 3:7

palm trees.

40:16,22; Re 7:9

and every.

1:10; 10:14,21; Re 4:7-9

posts. Heb. post.

40:14; 1Ki 6:33; *marg:

altar.This must signify the altar of incense; which, both in the tabernacle and Solomon's temple, was covered with plates of gold. It is very remarkable, that in this temple described by Ezekiel, there is not the least mention of gold or silver, though there was such a profusion of these metals in the former; which may probably imply, that a glory of a more spiritual nature was intended under these emblems.

Ex 30:1-3; 1Ki 6:20,22; 7:48; 2Ch 4:19; Re 8:3

This is.

23:41; 44:16; Ex 25:28-30; Le 24:6; Pr 9:2; So 1:12; Mal 1:7,12

1Co 10:21; Re 3:20

before.

Ex 30:8

1Ki 6:31-35; 2Ch 4:22

40:48

cherubims.

16-20

16; 40:16

Ezekiel 42

1 The chambers for the priests.

13 The use thereof.

15 The measures of the outward court.

he brought.

40:2,3,24; 41:1

the utter court.

40:20; Re 11:2

chamber.This seems to denote a row of chambers in three stories; which appear to have been situated in the inner court, (here called the outer court in reference to the temple, ver. 13, 14,) just before the separate place, at the entrance from the north.

4; 41:9,12-15

Before.Perhaps this means, that the north door was 100 cubits from the entrance into the court; and that the door-way, or portico, was 50 cubits in length; or, that it faced one of the cloisters, the length of which was 100 cubits, and its breadth 50, which was the proportion of all the cloisters.

Over.One side of these buildings looked upon the void space about the temple of twenty cubits, and the other toward the pavement belonging to the outer court.

the twenty.

41:10

the pavement.

40:17,18; 2Ch 7:3

gallery against.

41:15,16; So 1:17; 7:5

before.These seems to have been two rows of these chambers, and a walk between of ten cubits in width; with an entrance into it from the chambers, of one cubit in width.

a walk.

a way.

Mt 7:14; Lu 13:24

were higher than these. or, did eat of these.

41:7

than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. or,and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost.

41:6; 1Ki 6:8

before.Passing from the north to the south side of the temple (ver. 11, 12,) the prophet was shewn that the space of ground, which was before the temple on the east, measured 100 cubits.

from under. or, from the place of.

46:19

the entry. or, he that brought me. as one goeth. or, as hecame.

the thickness.Rather, "the breadth of the wall," that is, the breadth of ground which it enclosed.

41:12

over against.These south chambers were exactly like those on the north.

1,13; 41:13-15

2-8

was a door.

they be holy.

Ex 29:31; Le 6:14-16,26; 7:6; 10:13,14,17; 24:9; Nu 18:9

approach.

40:46; Le 10:3; Nu 16:5,40; 18:7; De 21:5

the most holy.

Le 2:3,10; 6:14,17,25,29; 7:1,6; 10:13,17; 14:13; 21:22; Nu 1:9,10

Nu 18:9,10; Ne 13:5

they not go.

44:19; Ex 28:40-43; 29:4-9; Le 8:7,13,33-35; Lu 9:62

and shall put.

Isa 61:10; Zec 3:4,5; Ro 3:22; 13:14; Ga 3:27; 1Pe 5:5

measuring.

41:2-5,15

gate.

40:6-16

side. Heb. wind. the measuring reed.Estimating the reed at 10® feet, 500 reeds will be nearly equal to a mile; so that from this statement we find the temple, with its outbuildings, was built on a square, nearly an English mile on each side, and four miles in circumference. This not only far exceeds the size of Solomon's temple, or that after the captivity, which was only 500 cubits, or a furlong, on each side, and exactly half a mile in circuit; but is nearly equal to the whole extent of Jerusalem itself, which, when greatest, was but 33 furlongs in circumference, somewhat less than 4 miles. This seems clearly to intimate, that the vision cannot be explained of any temple that has hitherto been built, or indeed of any literal temple, but figuratively and mystically of the spiritual temple, the church under the gospel, and its spiritual glory.

40:3; Zec 2:1; Re 11:1,2

it had.

40:5; So 2:9; Isa 25:1; 26:1; 60:18; Mic 7:11; Zec 2:5

five hundred.

45:2; 48:20; Re 21:12-17

a separation.

22:26; 44:23; 48:15; Le 10:10; Lu 16:26; 2Co 6:17; Re 21:10-27