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A Commentary
Chapter the Courts adjoining, fiiall be placed in the Cen-
XLV. ter or Middle of it: See Cbapt. xlviii. 10.
>-s~\^^> Ver. 4. And it Jhall be a Ylace for their Houfef.~\
\ er. 4. 'jj le prjefts were divided into four and twenty
Courfes, 1 Chron. xxiv. who performed the Pub-
lick Worfhip by Turns : So the Houfes were for
them to live in, who were not in their Courie of
waiting.
Ibid. And an holy Place for the Sanctuary.] See
Chap, xlviii. 10.
Ver. 5. Ver. 5. And the five and twenty thoufar* of
length, and ten thoufand of breadth, foall aljo the
Levites have for them[elvesJ\ The French Tranila-
tion renders the Senfe plainer thus, There JJoall be
other five and twenty thoufand, &c. See Chapt.
xlviii. 13. This appears to be the true Senfe of
the Place , becauie elfe there will be wanting
1 0000 in breadth, to make an exacl Square of
2 5000. See the following Verfe. The Levites being
very numerous (they were reckoned 38000 in David's
time, 1 Chron. xxiii. 3. ) had as large a Piece
of Ground allotted to them, as belonged to the
Temple, and the whole Prieftly Order. The
Word [other] is upon a like Occaflon fupplied by
our Interpreters, Chapt. xlviii. 8.
Ibid. For twenty Chambers^ Moft Commentators
underftand this of feveral Rows of Chambers, or
Ranges of Building. The LXX read nXoe