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We have here a further account of the furniture of God's house.
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I. Those things that were of brass. The altar for burnt-offerings
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:1">ver. 1</A>),
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the plates with which the doors of the court were overlaid
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:9">ver. 9</A>),
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the vessels of the altar, and other things,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:10-18">ver. 10-18</A>.
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II. Those that were of gold. The candlesticks and tables
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:7,8">ver. 7, 8</A>),
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the altar of incense
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:19">ver. 19</A>),
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and the appurtenances of each of these,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:20-22">ver. 20-22</A>.
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All these, except the brazen altar
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:1">ver. 1</A>),
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were accounted for more largely,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+7:23-50">1 Kings vii. 23</A>,
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=-1>B. C.</FONT> 1012.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
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thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits
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the height thereof.
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2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
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round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line
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of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
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3 And under it <I>was</I> the similitude of oxen, which did compass
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it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about.
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Two rows of oxen <I>were</I> cast, when it was cast.
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4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north,
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and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the
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south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea <I>was set</I>
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above upon them, and all their hinder parts <I>were</I> inward.
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5 And the thickness of it <I>was</I> a handbreadth, and the brim of
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it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies;
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<I>and</I> it received and held three thousand baths.
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6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and
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five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered
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for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea <I>was</I> for
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the priests to wash in.
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7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form,
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and set <I>them</I> in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on
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the left.
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8 He made also ten tables, and placed <I>them</I> in the temple,
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five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an
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hundred basons of gold.
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9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great
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court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them
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with brass.
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10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over
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David often speaks with much affection both of the <I>house of the
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Lord</I> and of the <I>courts of our God.</I> Both without doors and
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within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and
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<I>shadowed</I> out <I>good things to come,</I> of which the substance
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I. There were those things in the open court, in the view of all the
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people, which were very significant.</P>
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1. There was the <I>brazen altar,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:1"><I>v.</I> 1</A>.
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The making of this was not mentioned in the Kings. On this all the
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sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the gift. This altar was
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much larger than that which Moses made in the tabernacle; that was five
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cubits square, this was twenty cubits square. Now that Israel had
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become both numerous and more rich, and it was to be hoped more devout
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(for every age should aim to be wiser and better than that which went
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before it), it was expected that there would be a greater abundance of
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offerings brought to God's altar than had been. It was therefore made
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such a capacious scaffold that it might hold them all, and none might
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excuse themselves from bringing those temptations of their devotion by
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alleging that there was not room to receive them. God had greatly
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enlarged their borders; it was therefore fit that they should enlarge
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his altars. Our returns should bear some proportion to our receivings.
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It was ten cubits high, so that the people who worshipped in the courts
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might see the sacrifice burnt, and their eye might affect their heart
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with sorrow for sin: "It is of the Lord's mercies that I am not thus
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consumed, and that this is accepted as an expiation of my guilt." They
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might thus be led to consider the great sacrifice which should be
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offered in the fulness of time to take away sin and abolish death,
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which the blood of bulls and goats could not possibly do. And with the
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smoke of the sacrifices their hearts might ascend to heaven in holy
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desires towards God and his favour. In all our devotions we must keep
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the eye of faith fixed upon Christ, the great propitiation. How they
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went up to this altar, and carried the sacrifices up to it, we are not
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told; some think by a plain ascent like a hill: if by steps, doubtless
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they were so contrived as that the end of the law (mentioned
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ex+20:26">Exod. xx. 26</A>)
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might be answered.</P>
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2. There was the molten sea, a very large brass pan, in which they put
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water for the priests to wash in,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:2,6"><I>v.</I> 2, 6</A>.
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It was put just at the entrance into the court of the priests, like the
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font at the church door. If it were filled to the brim, it would hold
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3000 baths (as here,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>),
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but ordinarily there were only 2000 baths in it,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ki+7:26">1 Kings vii. 26</A>.
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The Holy Ghost by this signified,
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(1.) Our great gospel privilege, that <I>the blood of Christ cleanseth
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from all sin,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Jo+1:7">1 John i. 7</A>.
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To us there is a <I>fountain opened</I> for all believers (who are
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spiritual priests,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Re+1:5,6">Rev. i. 5, 6</A>),
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nay, for <I>all the inhabitants of Jerusalem to wash in,</I> from sin,
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which is uncleanness. There is a fulness of merit in Jesus Christ for
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all those that by faith apply to him for the purifying of their
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consciences, that they might serve the <I>living God,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Heb+9:14">Heb. ix. 14</A>.
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(2.) Our great gospel duty, which is to cleanse ourselves by true
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repentance from all the pollutions of the flesh and the corruption that
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is in the world. Our hearts must be sanctified, or we cannot sanctify
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the name of God. Those that draw nigh to God must <I>cleanse their
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hands, and purify their hearts,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jam+4:8">Jam. iv. 8</A>.
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<I>If I was thee not, thou hast no part with me;</I> and he that <I>is
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washed</I> still needs <I>to wash his feet,</I> to renew his
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repentance, whenever he <I>goes in to minister,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+13:10">John xiii. 10</A>.</P>
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3. There were <I>ten lavers</I> of brass, in which <I>they washed such
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things as they offered for the burnt-offerings,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>.
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As the priests must be washed, so must the sacrifices. We must not only
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purify ourselves in preparation for our religious performances, but
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carefully put away all those vain thoughts and corrupt aims which
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cleave to our performances themselves and pollute them.</P>
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4. The doors of the court were overlaid with brass
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>),
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both for strength and beauty, and that they might not be rotted with
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the weather, to which they were exposed. <I>Gates of brass</I> we read
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of,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+107:16">Ps. cvii. 16</A>.</P>
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II. There were those things in <I>the house of the Lord</I> (into which
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the priests alone went to minister) that were very significant. All was
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gold there. The nearer we come to God the purer we must be, the purer
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we shall be.
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1. There were ten <I>golden candlesticks,</I> according to the form of
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that one which was in the tabernacle,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:7"><I>v.</I> 7</A>.
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The written word is a lamp and a light, shining in a dark place. In
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Moses's time they had but one candlestick, the Pentateuch; but the
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additions which, in process of time, were to be made of other books of
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scripture might be signified by this increase of the number of the
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candlesticks. Light was growing. The candlesticks are the churches,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Re+1:20">Rev. i. 20</A>.
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Moses set up but one, the church of the Jews; but, in the gospel
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temple, not only believers, but churches, are multiplied.
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2. There were ten <I>golden tables</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:8"><I>v.</I> 8</A>),
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<I>tables whereon the show-bread was set,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:19"><I>v.</I> 19</A>.
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Perhaps every one of the tables had twelve loaves of show-bread on it.
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As the house was enlarged, the house-keeping was. <I>In my father's
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house there is bread enough for the whole family.</I> To those tables
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belonged 100 golden basins, or dishes; for God's table is well
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furnished.
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3. There was a <I>golden altar</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:19"><I>v.</I> 19</A>),
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on which they burnt incense. It is probable that this was enlarged in
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proportion to the brazen altar. Christ, who once for all made atonement
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for sin, ever lives, making intercession, in virtue of that
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atonement.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons.
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And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon
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for the house of God;
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12 <I>To wit,</I> the two pillars, and the pommels, and the
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chapiters <I>which were</I> on the top of the two pillars, and the two
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wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which <I>were</I> on
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the top of the pillars;
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13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows
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of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the
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chapiters which <I>were</I> upon the pillars.
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14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
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15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
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16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all
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their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for
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the house of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> of bright brass.
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17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay
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ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
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18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
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the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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19 And Solomon made all the vessels that <I>were for</I> the house
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of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the
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showbread <I>was set;</I>
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20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should
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burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
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21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, <I>made he of</I>
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gold, <I>and</I> that perfect gold;
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22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the
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censers, <I>of</I> pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner
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doors thereof for the most holy <I>place,</I> and the doors of the
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house of the temple, <I>were of</I> gold.
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We have here such a summary both of the brass-work and the gold-work of
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the temple as we had before
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&c.), in which we have nothing
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more to observe than,
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1. That Huram the workman was very punctual: <I>He finished all that he
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was to make</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+4:11"><I>v.</I> 11</A>),
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and left no part of his work undone. <I>Huram, his father,</I> he is
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called,
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Probably it was a sort of nickname by which he was commonly known,
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<I>Father Huram;</I> for the king of Tyre called him <I>Huram Abi, my
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father,</I> in compliance with whom Solomon called him his, he being a
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great artist and <I>father of the artificers</I> in brass and iron. He
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acquitted himself well both for ingenuity and industry.
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2. Solomon was very generous. He made <I>all the vessels in great
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abundance</I>
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many of a sort, that many hands might be employed, and so the work
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might go on with expedition, or that some might be laid up for use when
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others were worn out. Freely he has received, and he will freely give.
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When he had made vessels enough for the present he could not convert
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the remainder of the brass to his own use; it is devoted to God, and it
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