Verse 16
16. Twenty cubits on the sides Rather, From the two hinder sides, ירכותי , “the hindmost, last extreme space, which is conceived of as two hinder sides.” Furst. The inner sanctuary was a perfect cube. See on 1 Kings 6:20.
Both the floor and the walls Here again it should be rendered from the floor to the walls; but the expression seems to imply that all the walls, ( קירות ) both of the sides and of the ceiling were covered with cedar boards.
The oracle דבר , the interior place, called also the most holy or holy of belies. The place of greatest sanctity, where the presence and glory of Jehovah were supposed to have their central throne on earth. (C in plan.) See on Exodus 26:33-34. Here in the temple, as in the tabernacle, was set the ark. 1 Kings 6:19.
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