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grncd, there fhould be a peculiar Drefs for the Chapter
JBifhop's Seat, and none for the Bifhop himfclf. XLII.
Ibid. And flail approach to thofe Things that L/"VNJ
are for the 'People.'] The Words fhould rather be
thus tranflated, And flail come into the Court belonging
to the 'People? the outer Court mentioned
at the Beginning of the Verfe.
Ver. 15. Now when he had made an End of Vox. 15.
meafuring the inner Houfe.l The inner Houfe denotes
the Temple, as it is diftinguifh'd from the
Courts about it. Comp. Chap. xli. 15.
Ibid. He brought me forth to the Gate whofe
Profpecl is toward the Eajl.~] The Gate that opened
into the firft Court; fee Chap. xl. 6.
Ver. 1 6. He meafured the Eafi Side with theYzx. 1 6.
meafuring Reed, five hundred Reeds, &c] This
and the following Verfes contain the Meafures of
the Holy Mountain, or Area, upon which the
Temple flood, which is defcribed to be an exact
Square, confirming of five hundred Reeds in mea-
fure on each Side of it. We may obferve, that
the Heavenly Jerufalem reprefented to St. John,
Revel, xxi. 1 6. is likewife defcribed as four-fquare,
that Figure being an Emblem of Solidity. And
Ezekiel's Vifion, as well as St. John's, is designed,
in its myftical Senfe, to reprefent the Regularity
and Strength of Chrijl's Church and Kingdom.
Comp. with this Verfe Chap. xl. 47. xli.
1 3, 14. xlv. 2. xlviii. 20.
Capellus is of Opinion, that inftead offive hundred
Reeds, we ought to r.zz