Verse 1
image. This could not have been an image of a human being. The height and breadth are out of all proportion for this; the former being one to ten instead of one to six. A figure drawn on this scale, will at once be seen to be impossible. Having determined that it is a human figure, tradition then assumes it to have been a proportional figure "on a pedestal", or simply "a bust on a pillar". But there is nothing in the text to suggest this. It would exactly suit an Asherah ( App-42 ). The Hebrew tzelem denotes something shaped by cutting or carving. Ezekiel 16:17 , and Dan 23:14 , practically make this certain. See the verb in Ezekiel 7:20 ; and compare what is said in Numbers 33:52 .
height . . . breadth. See above note.
threescore . . . six. The numbers of man ( App-10 ). Note the six instruments (compare Daniel 5:7 , Daniel 5:10 , Daniel 5:15 ). See note on 1 Samuel 17:4 .
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