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ten thoufand
in breadth, &c] The Dimenfions from Eaft to Weft
are called by the Name of Breadth here, but of
length Verfe 8. And fo they truly are, as may appear
from the Plan of the whole defcribed in the
Notes upon the.xlvffc Chapter. Butifwefuppofe that
fpace of Ground which is exprefled by the Breadth
in one Place, to be called by the Name of length
in another, there will be no impropriety in the
Expreflion, becaufe in an exacl: fquare, as the
whole Compafs of Ground is here fuppofed to
be, all fides are equal.
Ver. 11. Ver. 11. It ftiall be for the Priefts that are
fanflified, of the Sons of Zadok] See Chapt. xliv.
"10, 15.
Ibid. As the Levites went aftray.~\ Or, as the
other Levites went aftray. So the word [Other]
is fupplied Verfe 8. The Levites denote in general
the Sons of Levi, fo as to comprehend the Priefts
too : See Verfe 22. Many or thefe had defiled
themielves with Idolatry, for which Crime they
were to be degraded from the Honours and Privileges
due to thofe Priefts who had continued
faithful in their Office. See the Notes upon Chap-
ter xliv. 10, 11.
Ver, 12 Verthem
a
12. And this Oblation
thing moft holy.'] As all
/ball be unto
things dedicated
to God were ; See Levit. xxvii. 28.
Ibid. By the Border of the Levites.] It fhall
lie next to the Portion of the Levites, which lay
South-