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upon EZ EKIEL. 389
Chambers, the length thereof'teas fifty Cubit s.~\ Chapter.
The Wall thatcnclofed tHejLe Buildings, was com- XL1I. i
menfurate with the Breadth of one of the Cloyfters
of the outer Court, which were fifty Cu-
bits Broad? See ver. 2.
Ver. S. For the length of the Chambers thaty CXt § >
ki&ere in the outer Court was fifty Cubits.'] The
Chambcts that were built over the Cloyfters were
in Length fifty Cubits. What is called Length
here, is expreffed by Breadth, ver. 2. as that is
oppofed to the Length of the outer Court, which
Was an hundred Cubits: Sec the following
Words.
Ibid. Andlo before the Temple were #72 hundred
Cubits.'] The words imply that the Angel conducted
the Prophet from thefc North Chambers,
to thole on the South fide: Ver. 11, 13.
jfo that crolllng over that fpace of Ground,
that fronted the Eaft fide of the Temple, they
took Notice of its Dimenfions, which they had
before meaiured and found to be an hundred
Cubits ; See Chap. xli. 14. The Ixx with a fmall
Alteration of the Hebrew Text, and reading
probably Hennah for Hinneh, and Haelle col
for Hdecal tranflatc the Sentence thus : The one
fide was oppofite to, or anfwered the other, and
in all were an hundred Cubits •, meaning that the
Chambers on the North and South fide, contained
each of them fifty Cubits.
Ver. 9. And from under thefe Chambers was
the entry on the Eajl fide, &c] The Entry in-
to thefc South Chambers was by a pair of Stairs
at the Eaft Corner of the outer Court. Compare
this Veric with Chap. xlvi. 19. and wirhthc
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