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20. They rofe from the uppermoft Bench, where Chapter
the Prieft ftood to Officiate. XLIII.
Vcr. 1 6. And the Altar mall be twelve Cubits L/"V*XJ
long, twelve broad, &c] The upper Part of it fhall V er l6 -
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be an exact Square, reckoning from the fecond Set-
tle, which is properly called the Altar, and diftinguifhed
from the Bottom or Foundation : See
Ter. 1 5
Ver. 17. And the Settle mail befourteen Cubits
long, andfourteen broad,.] This is to be underftood
of the lower Settle, which was two Cubits wider
than the upper Part of the Altar, as appears by the
Defcription already given.
Ibid. And the Border about it [hall be half a
Cubit.'] Or a Span, as it is exprefs'd, ver. 13.
Ibid. And the Bottom thereof[hall be a Cubit
about. ~\ a Cubit wider than the lower Settle. See
ver. 13.
Ibid. And his Stairs [hall look toward the E aft. ~]
God forbad his Priefts to go up by Steps to his Altar,
Exod. xx. 26. which is ufually expounded,
that he would not have his Altar fet upon a great
Afcent, in Imitation of the Heathen High Places 5
Yet Solomons Altar was ten Cubits high, 2 Chron.
iv. 1. Which neceflarily required ibmc Afcent for
_the Priefts to go, that they might officiate on the
Top of it. And in this Place there is exprefs mention
of Stairs to go up to the Altar here defcribed,
being of the fame Height with Solomon's. The
yews tells us, That fince the Law prohibited Stairs,
or Steps, the Afcent to the Altar was by a gentle
Rifing, which they call Kibbe[h, of thirty two
Cubits in Length, and fixteen in Breadth ; the
Landing-
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