39<\/strong>. The verse states what was in<\/em> the porch, in antithesis to Eze 40:38<\/em><\/span>. Possibly the words “to slay thereon” are used generally, not of the actual slaughtering, but of the manipulation of the flesh of the victims. In Eze 40:41<\/em><\/span> it is said that there were eight tables on which they slew, four of which were certainly outside the porch. If the burnt, sin and trespass offerings (LXX. omits burnt offerings here) were slain in<\/em> the porch, there would remain only the peace offerings to slay outside.<\/p>\n In the porch – <\/B>Not under the covered portico, which was only ten cubits broad Eze 40:9<\/span>, but in the angles formed by the porch and gate-front. If the gate-building projected with its porch forward on to the pavement of the inner court, the tables were fitly placed for carrying out the directions of the Law.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 39<\/span>. The porch of the gate<\/B><\/I>] The north gate of the court of the priests. See Q in the plan. See Clarke on Eze 48:35<\/span>.<\/P> <\/P> Two tables<\/B><\/I>] Some say of marble<\/I>. See dddd<\/I> in the plan. See Clarke on Eze 48:35<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Though the words seem so express, yet doubt is made whether any table were in the very porch itself, and think they would cumber the passage, but sure where only the priests in course of ministration entered, there would be no great crowd; therefore I conceive that these two pairs of tables were set in the very porch of the gate, which is the letter of the text. <\/P> <\/p>\n And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side<\/strong>,…. This is still the north gate of the inward court, which had a porch that reached from the outward to the inner gate of it, in which were three little chambers on each side,<\/p>\n Eze 40:36<\/span>, between each of which were a space of five cubits,<\/p>\n Eze 40:7<\/span>, so that there were two such spaces on each side; and in these spaces, as Starckius well conjectures, these tables were placed, two on one side, and two on the other: the use of them was,<\/p>\n to slay thereon the burnt offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering<\/strong>; all typical of the sacrifice of Christ: concerning the “burnt offering”, as such, [See comments on Eze 40:38]<\/span>; and as for the “sin offering” and “trespass offering”, which in the Hebrew language signify sin and guilt itself, they represented Christ, who had no sin in his nature, nor ever did any in his life, yet was made sin for his people; having all their sins laid upon him, with all that belong unto them, or are deserved by them: these were, the one for errors, strayings, and sins of ignorance; the other for known and wilful sins; and both show that Christ is a sacrifice for all sorts of sin, even for the most vile and enormous: now these tables were for those sacrifices to be slain upon them, or to be laid upon them, being slain; and signify in Gospel times the table of the Lord, 1Co 10:21<\/span> or the ordinance of the Lord’s supper; in which there is not a reiteration, but a commemoration of the sacrifice of Christ; here he is evidently set forth as crucified and slain; his death as a sacrifice is shown, and held forth to the faith of the Lord’s people, for their joy and comfort, Ga 3:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n The Vision of the Temple.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/span><\/P> <\/TD> B. C.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> 574.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> <\/TABLE> 39 And in the porch of the gate were<\/I> two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. 40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were<\/I> two tables; and on the other side, which was<\/I> at the porch of the gate, were<\/I> two tables. 41 Four tables were<\/I> on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.<\/I> 42 And the four tables were<\/I> of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 And within were<\/I> hooks, a hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was<\/I> the flesh of the offering. 44 And without the inner gate were<\/I> the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was<\/I> at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was<\/I> toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having<\/I> the prospect toward the north. 45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is<\/I> toward the south, is<\/I> for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. 46 And the chamber whose prospect is<\/I> toward the north is<\/I> for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are<\/I> the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD<\/B> to minister unto him. 47 So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, four-square; and the altar that was<\/I> before the house. 48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each<\/I> post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was<\/I> three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. 49 The length of the porch was<\/I> twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me<\/I> by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were<\/I> pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.<\/P> In these verses we have an account,<\/P> I. Of the tables that were in the porch of the gates of the inner court. We find no description of the altars of burnt-offerings in the midst of that court till ch.<\/I><\/span> xliii. 13<\/span>. But, because the one altar under the law was to be exchanged for a multitude of tables under the gospel, here is early notice<\/I> taken of the tables, at our entrance into the inner court; for till we come to partake of the table of the Lord<\/I> we are but professors at large; our admission to that is our entrance into the inner court. But in this gospel-temple we meet with no altar till after the glory of the Lord has taken possession of it, for Christ is our altar, that sanctifies every gift. Here were eight tables provided, whereon to slay the sacrifices,<\/I> v.<\/span> 41<\/span><\/U><\/I><\/span>. We read not of any tables for this purpose either in the tabernacle or in Solomon’s temple. But here they are provided, to intimate the multitude of spiritual sacrifices that should be brought to God’s house in gospel-times, and the multitude of hands that should be employed in offering up those sacrifices. Here were the shambles for the altar; here were the dressers on which they laid the flesh of the sacrifice, the knives with which they cut it up, and the hooks on which they hung it up, that it might be ready to be offered on the altar (v.<\/I><\/span> 43<\/span>), and there also they washed the burnt-offerings (v.<\/I><\/span> 38<\/span>), to intimate that before we draw near to God’s altar we must have every thing in readiness, must wash our hands, our hearts, those spiritual sacrifices, and so compass God’s altar.<\/I><\/P> II. The use that some of the chambers mentioned before were put to. 1. Some were for the singers,<\/I> v.<\/span> 44<\/span><\/U><\/I><\/span>. It should seem they were first provided for before any other that attended this temple-service, to intimate, not only that the singing of psalms should still continue a gospel-ordinance, but that the gospel should furnish all that embrace it with abundant matter for joy and praise, and give them occasion to break forth into singing,<\/I> which is often foretold concerning gospel times, Psa 96:1<\/span>; Psa 98:1<\/span>. Christians should be singers. Blessed are those that dwell in God’s house,<\/I> they will be still praising him.<\/I> 2. Others of them were for the priests,<\/I> both those that kept the charge of the house,<\/I> to cleanse it, and to see that none came into it to pollute it, and to keep it in good repair (v.<\/I><\/span> 45<\/span>), and those that kept the charge of the altar<\/I> (v.<\/I><\/span> 46<\/span>), that came near to the Lord to minister to him.<\/I> God will find convenient lodging for all his servants. Those that do the work of his house shall enjoy the comforts of it.<\/P> III. Of the inner court, the court of the priests, which was fifty yards square, v.<\/I><\/span> 47<\/span>. The altar that was before the house<\/I> was placed in the midst of this court, over-against the three gates, and, standing in a direct line with the three gates of the outer court, when the gates were set open all the people in the outer court might through them be spectators of the service done at the altar. Christ is both our altar and our sacrifice, to whom we must look with an eye of faith in all our approaches to God, and he is salvation in the midst of the earth (Ps. lxxiv. 12<\/span>), to be looked unto from all quarters.<\/P> IV. Of the porch of the house. The temple is called the house, emphatically, as if no other house were worthy to be called so. Before this house there was a porch, to teach us not to rush hastily and inconsiderately into the presence of God, but gradually, that is, gravely, and with solemnity, passing first through the outer court, then the inner, then the porch, ere we enter into the house. Between this porch and the altar was a place where the priests used to pray, Joel ii. 17<\/span>. In the porch, besides the posts on which the doors were hung, there were pillars, probably for state and ornament, like Jachin<\/I> and Boaz–He will establish; in him is strength,<\/I> v.<\/span> 49<\/span><\/U><\/I><\/span>. In the gospel church every thing is strong and firm, and every thing ought to be kept in its place and to be done decently and in order.<\/P><\/p>\n (39) In the porch.<\/strong>The preposition admits the sense of either in<\/em> or by,<\/em> but as the porch was very small for two tables on either side, and as a thoroughfare would be an inconvenient place for the slaughter of the victims, it is better to take the sense of by.<\/em> The four tables were arranged, two on either side, near the porch.<\/p>\n Eze 40:39 And in the porch of the gate [were] two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.<\/p>\n Ver. 39. Two tables.<\/strong> ] See on Eze 40:38<\/span> .<\/p>\n sin. offering. See App-43. <\/p>\n trespass offering. See App-43. <\/p>\n tables on that: Eze 41:22, Eze 44:16, Mal 1:7, Mal 1:12, Luk 22:30, 1Co 10:16-21 <\/p>\n the burnt: Lev 1:3-17 <\/p>\n the sin: Lev 4:2, Lev 4:3, Lev 4:13-35, Isa 53:5, Isa 53:10, 2Co 5:21 <\/p>\n the trespass: Lev 5:6-13, Lev 6:6, Lev 7:1, Lev 7:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 37:10 – General 1Ki 7:48 – the table<\/p>\n Eze 40:39. The people of Israel were promised their release from captivity after the proper period of chastisement, at which time they were to return to Palestine and resume their worship of the true God. That would include the offering of animal sacrifices, and these tables were provided for the slaying of the victims.<\/p>\n Eze 40:39-40. In the porch of the gate were two tables, &c. Those expositors who, by the word gates, in Eze 40:38, understand both the north and south gates, render the sense of these two verses perspicuously thus: In the porch of one gate (namely, that on the south) were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, &c. And at the outer side of the step of the entry of the north gate were two tables; which interpretation agrees very well with what follows, Eze 40:41, Four tables were on this side, and four on that side. But they that understand these verses to be only a description of the north gate (on which side of the altar the sacrifices were commonly killed) suppose that two tables were on each side, as a person came into the porch of the gate, and two on each side of the inner part of the gate that looked toward the altar.<\/p>\n And in the porch of the gate [were] two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. 39. The verse states what was in the porch, in antithesis to Eze 40:38. 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