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Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
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A Picture of Heaven
Commentators see deep symbolism in the Most Holy Place. Its perfect cube shape (20x20x20 cubits) is viewed as a picture of the perfection of the heavenly state, much like the New Jerusalem described in Revelation. The overlay of pure gold signifies the immense glory and richness of God's eternal dwelling place.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The fore part - Perhaps “the interior.”
And so covered... - Rather, “and he covered the altar of incense with cedar.” The alta…
19th Century
Anglican
These verses describe the overlaying with pure gold of the panelling of the house and of the Oracle, the partition dividing them, and the altar of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the oracle in the forepart Which stood in the forepart of the temple, before a man's face as he entered into it, and went on; o…
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