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upon EZEKIEL. 387
fuppofe this to be a Building diftinc~t from all the Chapter
Parts of Temple hitherto defcribed. XLII.
The words of the 7th and 9th Verfes imply, W^T^J
that it was a diftinct Building from the outer
Court.
Ibid. Into the Chamber that was over-againft
the feperate place, and before the building.] Or,
before the feparate Place, and before the Building
: For the Prepofition Neged is ufed in both
Parts of the Sentence. Chamber is put for Cham-
bers, fee ver. 4. and Chap. xli. 9-
Ver. 2 . Before the length of an hundred Cn- Ver. z
bits was the North door, and the breadth was
fifty
Cubits.] This North Door faced one of the
Cloyfters, whofe Length was an hundred Cubits,
and its Breadth fifty 5 which was the Proportion
of all the Cloyfters j fee the Note upon Chap,
xl. 15. Noldius tranflates the Words to this
Senfe, Unto the place whofe Length was an hundred
Cubits towards the North door. He fuppofes
thefe Buildings to be diftind from any hitherto
defcribed, and adds, that the Jews profefs their Ignorance,
how they were fituate ; becaufc there was
nothing in the fecond Temple that anfwered to
them: See his Concordance, No. 390.
Ver. 3. Over-againft the twenty Cubits, whichV ci'. 3.
werefor, [or which belonged to] the inner Court,
and over-againft the 'Pavefnent which was for
[or belonged to] the outer Court.'] One fide of
thefe Buildings look'd upon the void Space about
the Temple, which contained twenty Cubits,
mentioned Chap. xli. 10. and the other fide was
toward the Pavement belonging to the outer
Court, defcribed Chap. xl. 17^
Ddd 2 Ibid.