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A Commentary
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XLI. A^t^\^«£/^vlf^ r ^^^^^efcription of the Mea-
fures, Tarts, Chambers, andOrnaments of the
Temple it Jelf
Ver. i. Ver - i- Fterwards he brought me
to the Temple, and meafured
the Tofts fix Cubits
broad on one fide, andfix
Cubits broad on the other
fide, which was the breadth
of the Tabernacle] By the Potts are meant the
Peers or Door-Cafes on each fide qf the En-
trance, fee Chap. xl. 9, 48. Thefe were fix
Cubits thick on the North and South fides. Ro-
^^tranflated Breadth, fometimesfignifiesThicknefs
5 fee Ver. 9. and 12, of this Chapter, and
Chapter xl. 5. the fame Thickncfs had the upper
Lintel over the Door -, for fo Villalpandus rightly
explains the Hebrew word Ohel, which we
render Tabernacle. That word fometimes fignifies
a Covering, and fo it isrender'dby our Tran-
slators, Exod.xxwi. 7. and is to be underftood in
the