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The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].
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The Temple's Main Hall
Commentators explain that this verse specifies the dimensions of the main sanctuary, or the Holy Place. It was 40 cubits long (about 60 feet) and stood directly in front of the 20-cubit Most Holy Place. This large room comprised two-thirds of the temple's total interior length.
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19th Century
Anglican
These verses describe the division of the Temple, by a partition from floor to ceiling of cedar wood, into “the Oracle,” or Holy of Holies, occupyi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the house, that [is], the temple before it The holy place, which was before the of holies:
wa…
Presbyterian
See what was typified by this temple.
