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aoa. A Commentary
Chapter Gate, where he may fee the whole Service per-
XLVL formed at the Altar. Or the Porch of the Gate with-
\s~v~^ out may fignify, the further-moil: Porch of the
Gate, with refpeft to thofe that are coming towards
the Temple, which is the fame with the in-
nermoft, in refpeft of the Temple it felf. In this
Senfe the Word is taken Chapt. xl. 44. The
Word MichutSj or Michutfah, figniries both the
hither, and the further Side, both being Relative
Terms, and applicable to the lame Place, as Persons
are going out, or coming into the Temple.
It fignifies the hither Side, Chapt. xl. 19. and the
further Side, ibid. ver. 44. and in this Verfe. So
the Word Neber /Ignifies both the further and hither
Side of a River. See Noldius, p. 660.
Ibid. Shall fland by the Pofl of the Gate.'] i. e. by
the Entrance of the Gate, where there was a Seat
prepared for him : See the Note upon Chapt.
xliv. 3.
Ibid. And the Priejl Jhall prepare his Burnt-offer'
ing.] Or, offer his Burnt-offering : For fo the Verb
Nafah often fignifies, as Facio does in Latin.
Ibid. And he JJmll worjhip at the threshold of the
Gate.'] By bowing his Head, and bowing down
his Face to the Earth, or falling down upon the
Ground, as the Pofture of Divine Worfhip is elfewhere
defcribed: See Gen. xxiv. i6 y 52. Exod. xii.
27. 1 Qhron. xxix. 20. 2 Qhron. xxix. 25?. Job 1.20.
Ibid. But the Gate Jhall not bejhut until the Evening.]
Becaufe the People were to pay their folemn
Worfhip in the fame Place, as it is prefcribed in
the following Verfe.
Ver. *; Ver. 3. Likewife the People of the Land Jhall
worjhip at the Door of this Gate> §cc] During the
Con-