Wesley Corpus

Notes On Old Testament

AuthorJohn Wesley
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Passage IDjw-notes-on-old-testament-1849
Words188
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The breadth - The whole front of the house eastward. Cherubim - Generally taken for the portrait of angels, or young men with wings: yet is the description of them very different in different places; in Ezekiel's vision, Eze 1:5 - 14 10:14, Isaiah's vision, Isa 6:2, John's vision, Rev 4:6 - 8, and in Solomon's temple, 1Kin 6:23 - 26. Through all the house - And thus it was through the whole house round about. The face - The door or gate of the temple was square, not arched. As the appearance - As was the form of the gate of the temple in its larger, so was the form of the gate of the oracle in its lesser dimensions. The altar - Of incense. The corners - The horns framed out of the four posts at each angle on the top of the altar. The walls - The sides. Before the Lord - In the temple, not in the holy of holies. Two doors - Each had one. Them - The doors of both temple and oracle. The temple - Including the holy of holies also.