breeches shall he put upon his Deut. xxvil, 5, 6. And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones; and thou shalt offer burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God. Josh. viii, 31. As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace-offerings. ALTAR OF WITNESS. Josh. xxii, 10, 11, 16, 19, 26-29. And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, built there an altar by Jordan, a And the great altar to see to. children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the halftribe of Manassel, have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passare of the children of Israel. Thus saith the whole Congregation of the LOED, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be uncle in, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, where in the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, an-1 take possession among us: and our generations after us, that LAVER. Exod. x1, 7, 30. And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. GENERAL VIEW OF THE FURNITURE. Exod. xxv, 29. And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereot, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. Exod. xxvll, 19. All the vessels of the tabernacle, in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. offering, with his brasen grate, his Exod. xxxvii. 16. And he made the vessels which were upon the Exod. xxxix, 35-40. The ark of the testimony, and the staves table, and all the vessels thereof, thereof, and the mercy-seat; The and the shew-bread; The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light; And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door; The brasen altar, and his grate of sels; the laver and his foot; The brass, his staves, and all his veshangings of the court, his pillars, and is sockets, and the hanging for the court-gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation. ARTISTIC GENIUS Exod. xxxi, 1--6. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; And I have filled him with the spirit of God. in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And and in carving of timber, to work in cutting of stones, to set them, in all manner of workmanship. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, hearts of all that are wise-hearted of the tribe of Dan: and in the I have put wisdom, that they may The taber-make all that I have commanded Exod. xxxi, 7-11. nacle of the congregation, and the thee. Exod. xxxv, 30-35. And Moses ark of the testimony, and the mercyseat that is thereupon, and said unto the children of Israel, all the furniture of the tabernacle, See, the LORD hath called by name And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of he hath filled him with the spirit his furniture, and the altar of in-Ilur, of the tribe of Judah: And cense, And the altar of burnt-of God, in wisdom, in understandoffering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, And the clothes of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, And the anointing oil, and sweet in-them, and in carving of wood, to cense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. ing, and in knowlege, and in all manner of workmanship; And to devise curious works, to work in And in the cutting of stones, to set gold, and in silver, and in brass, make any manner of cunning work. And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Aholiab the son of Alisamach, And the of the tribe of Dan. Them hath Exod. xxxv, 15, 16. incense-altar, and his staves, and he filled with wisdom of heart, to the anointing-oil, and the sweet work all manner of work of the incense, and the hanging for the engraver, and of the cunning door at the entering in of the workman, and of the embroiderer, tabernacle; The altar of burnt-in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, 695 and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. Exod. xxxvi, 1, 2. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it. DEDICATION OF THE TABERNACLE. Num. vii, 1-88. And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar, and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctifled them, That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, (who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered.) offered. And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying. Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congrega tion; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. Two waggons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: And four waggons and eight oxen he gave unto the sous of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: becans the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar, in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altur. And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. And his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereot was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them were full of fine after the shakel of the sanctuary, flour mingled with oil, for a meat- both of them fall of fine four offering: One spoon of ten shekels mingled with oil, for a meat-onerof gold, full of incense: One younging: One golden spoon of bullock, one ram, one lamb of the shekels, mil of incense: One young first year, for a burnt-offering: bullock, one ram, one lamb of the One kid of the goats, for a sin- first year, for a burnt-offering: offering. And for a sacrifice of One kid of the goats for a sitpeace-offerings, two oxen. five offering: And for a sacrifice of rims, five he-goats, five lambs of peace-offerings, two oxen, five the first year. This was the offer-rams, five he-goats, five lambs of ing of Nalishon the son of Am- the first year. This was the minadab. On the second day offering of Shelumiel the son of Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince Zurishaddai, On the sixth day of Issachar, did offer. He offered Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince for his offering one silver charger, of the chi den o' Gad, offered, the weight whereof was au hun- His offering was one silver dred and thirty shekels, one silver charger of the weight of an hunbowl of seventy shekels, after the dred and thirty shekels, a silver shekel of the sanctuary, both of bowl of seventy shekels, after the them full of fine flour mingled shekel of the sanctuary, both of with oil for a meat-offering: One them full of fine flour mingled spoon of gold of ten shekels, tull with oil, for a meat-offering: One of incense: One young bullock, golden spoon of ten shekels, full one ram, one lamb of the first of incense: One young bullock, year, for a burnt-offering: One one ram, one lamb of the first kid of the goats for a sin-offering: year, for a burnt-offering: One And for a sacrifice of peace-offer- kid of the goats for a sin-offering: ings, two oxen, five rams five le- And for a sacritice of peace-offergoats, five lambs of the first year. ings, two oxen, five rams, five heThis was the offering of Nethaneel goats, five lambs of the first year. the son of Zuar. On the third day This was the offering of Eliosaph Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the son of Deuel. On the seventh the children of Zebulun, did offer. day Elishama the son of AmHis offering was one silver char- mihud, prince of the children of ger, the weight whereof was an Ephraim, offered. His offering hundred and thirty shells, one was one silver charger, the weight silver bowl of seventy shekels, whereof was an hundred and after the shekel of the sanctuary, thirty shekels, one silver bowl of both of them full of fine flour seventy shekels, after the shekel mingled with oil, for a meat offer- of the sanctuary, both of them full ing: One golden spoon of ten of fine flour mingled with oil, for shekels, tull of incense: One young a meat offering: One golden bullock, one ram, one lamb of the spoon of ten shekels, tull of infirst year, for a burnt-offering: cense: One young bullock, one One kid of the goats for a sin- ram, one lamb of the first year, offering: And for a sacrifice for a burnt-offering: One kid of of peace-offerings, two oxen, five the goats for a sin-offering: And rams, five he-goats, five lambs for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, of the first year. This was the two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, offering of Eliab the son of Helon. five lambs of the first year. This On the fourth day Elizur the sou was the offering of Elishama the of Shedeur, prince of the children son of Ammihud. On the eighth of Reuben, did offer. His offering day ofered Gamaliel the son of was one silver charger of the Pedalizur, prince of the children weigh of an hundred and thirty of Manasseh. His offering was shekels, one silver bowl of seventy one silver charger of the weight shekels, after the shekel of the of an hundred and thirty shekels, sanctuary, both of them full of one silver bowl of seventy shekels, fine flour mingled with oil, for a after the shekel of the sanctuary, meat-offering: One golden spoon both of them full of fine flour of ten shekels, tull of incense: One mingled with oil, for a meatyoung bullock, one ram, one lamb offering: One golden spoon of of the first year, for a burnt-offer- ten shekels, full of incense: One ing: One kid of the goats for a young bullock, one ram, one lanıb sin-offering: And for a sacrifice of the first year, for a burnt-offerof peace-offerings, two oxen, ing: One kid of the goats or a five rams, five he-goats, five sin-offering: And for a sacrifice lambs of the first year. This was of peace-offerings, two oxen, five the offering of Elizur the son of rams, five he-goats, five lambs of Shedeur. On the fifth day She- the first year. This was the lumiel the son o Zurishaddai, offering of Gamaliel the son of prince of the children of Simeon, Pedalizur. On the ninth day did offer. His offering was one Abidan the son o. Gideoni, prince silver charger, the weight whereo. of the children of Benjamin, was an hundred and thirty shekels, offered. His offering was one one silver bowl of seventy shekels, I silver charger, the weight whereof 696 weighing an hundred and thirty TABERNACLE SET UP AT SINAI. AND, FINALLY, AT GIBEON. 1 Chron. xvi, 39. And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD, in the high place that was at Gibeon. 1 Chron. xxi, 29. For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. IL-TEMPLE. 1.-DAVID'S INTENTION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE. ras an hundred and thirty shekels, | twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons [ hallowed bread: for there was no one silver bowl of seventy shekels, of gold; Each charger of silver bread there but the show bread. after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering: One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of Seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burntoffering: One kid of the goats for a sin-offerin And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered. His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel an of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat offering: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year. for a burnt-offering: One kid of the goats for a si- ffering: And fra sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen fe rams five he-goals, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. This was the dedication of the altar (in the day when it was anointed) by the princes of Israel; twelve chargers of silver, Exod. x1, 17-19. And it came to pass, in the first month, in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle. was reared up. And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. 2 Sam. vii, 1--3, 5--7. And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies, That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, sayg, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? Num. x, 11, 12. And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. And the children of Israel took 1 Kings vili, 16-18. Since the their journeys out of the wilder-day that I brought forth my peoness of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. AT GILGAL. ple Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I Josh. v, 10, 11. And the children chose David to be over my people of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and Israel. And it was in the heart kept the passover on the four-of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD teenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. they did eat of the old corn land on the morrow after the (od of Israel. And the LORD said unto Davi my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an And of the pass-house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. unleavened Cakes and AT SHILOH. Josh. xviii, 1. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled 1 Chron. xxii, 5, 7. And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of lame together at and of glory throughout all Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle countries: I will therefore now of the congregation there: and the make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his land was subdued before them. death. And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God. AT NOB. 1 Sam. xxi, 1, 6. Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest... So the priest gave him 1 Chron. xxviii, 2,3. Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. 2 unrun. vi, 7, 8. Now, It was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel: But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart. PREPARATION MADE BY HIM FOR IT. 1 Chron. xxii, 6, 11, 16-19. Then he called for Solomon his son, and and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon Lis son, saying. Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God, arise therefore, and build ye the sanc tuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. 1 Chron. xxviii, 10-12, 19, 20. Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat, And the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the bouse of the LoD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things. All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. BUILT BY SOLOMON. 1 Kings v, 2-5, 17, 18. And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall buili an house unto my name. And the king commanded and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stone-squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. 1 Kings vi, 14. So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 1 Chron. xvii, 11, 12. And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 1 Chron. xxil, 9, 10. Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. He shall build an house for my name: and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 1 Chron. xxviii, 6. And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 2 Chron. il, 1, 4. And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shew-bread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the newmoons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 2 Chron vi. 9, 10. Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son, which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 2 Chron. vii. 11. Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. to Acts vii, 46-49. Who [David] found favour before God, and de sired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. But Solomon Howbeit built him an house. the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet. ITS ERECTION. 1 Kings vi, 1, 7. 37. 38. And it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second mouth, that he began to build the house of the LORD. And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building. In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is finished throughout all the parts the eighth month, was the house thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. 2 Chron. iii, 2. And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 2 Chron. vill, 16. Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished; so the house of the LORD was perfected. ITS SITE. 1 Chron. xxi, 28. At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the thresh Ing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 1 Chron. xxii, 1. Then David Bald. This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Israel. mount 2 Chron. iii, 1. Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Oruan the Jebusite. 2 Chron. xx, 8. And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying. Ps. 1xvill, 16. Why leap ye, ye bigh hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. house, that is, the temple before it 2 Chron. ill, 3-7, 9. Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth And the porch twenty cubits. that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold. And the Ps. lxxvi, 1, 2. In Judah is God greater house he ceiled with firknown; his name is great in tree, which he overlaid with fine Israel. In Salem also is his taber-gold, and set thereon palm-trees nacle, and his dwelling-place in and chains. And he garnished the house with precious stones for Ps. lxxvill, 67-69. Moreover, he beauty: and the gold was gold of He overlaid also the refused the tabernacle of Joseph, Parvaim. and chose not the tribe of Eph-house, the beams, the posts, and raim; But chose the tribe of Judah,the walls thereof, and the doora the mount Zion, which he loved, thereof, with gold; and graved And he built his sanctuary like cherubims on the walls. And the fifty high palaces, like the earth which weight of the nails was shekels of gold. And he overlaid he hath established for ever. the upper chambers with gold, Zion. Ps. cxxxii, 6. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratali; we found it in the fields of the wood. and the great court, and doors for PILLARS. 1 Kings vil, 15--22, 27-37, 41, 42. For le cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits and the height of the other chapiter was live cubits: And nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top with pomegranates; and so did he for the other chapiter. And the chapiters that cere upon the top of the pillars were of lily-work in the porch, And the chapiters four cubits. upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network; and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other chapiter. And he Set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished. And he made ten bases of brass; four wall. The two doors also were of cubits was the length of one base, olive-tree;and he carved uponthem and four cubits the breadth therecarvings of cherubims, and palm- of, and three cubits the height of trees, and open flowers, and over-it. And the work of the bases was laid them with gold, and spread on this manner: they had borders, So also ledges: And on the borders that gold upon the cherubins, and and the borders were between the upon the palm - trees. made he for the door of the tem- were between the ledges were ple posts of olive-tree, a fourth lions, oxen, and cherubims: and part of the wall. And the two upon the ledges there was a base doors were of fir-tree: the two above: and beneath the lions and leaves of the one door were fold- oxen were certain additions made And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates ing. and the two leaves of the of thin work. of brass; and the four corners other door were folding. DOORS. 1 Kings vi, 31-34. And for the Ezekiel xli, 8. I saw also the entering of the oracle he made height of the house round about: doors of olive-tree: the lintel and the foundations of the side-cham-side-posts were a fifth part of the bers were a full reed of six great cubits. Rev. xi, 1. And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and then that worship therein. 2.-ITS DIMENSIONS AND 1 Kings vi, 2. 3, 15. 17, 18. 22. 30. And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. And the WINDOWS, STAIRCASE, AND thereof liad undersetters: under COURTS. the laver were undersetters molten, at the sides of every addition. And the mouth of it, within the chapter and above, was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round, after the work of the base, a cubit and an half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, four-square, not round. 1 Kings vi, 4, 8, 36. And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. And he built the inner court with three rows of were four wheels; and the axlehewed stone, and a row of cedar-trees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel beams. was a cubit and half a cubit. And the work of the wheels was like 2 Chron. iv, 9. Furthermore he made the court of the priests, 099 And under the borders |