21The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
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Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-26)Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Ezek. 41:12), which is here measured, and compared (Ezek. 41:13) with the measure of the house, and appears to be of equal dimensions with it. This stood in a court by itself, which is measured (Ezek. 41:15) and its galleries, or chambers belonging to it, its posts and…
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