Partition, Middle Wall Of
Partition, Middle Wall Of
( ), an expression used by Paul to designate the Mosaic law as the dividing line between Jews and Gentiles (Eph 2:14). Commentators are not exactly a greed as to the special point of the comparison, whether to the , or sacred fence of stone pillars erected in the Temple to warn off all non-Jews (Josephas, , Ant. 15:11, 5), or the inner veil of the Most Holy Place (1Ki 6:21, , he made a partition), which was rent at the crucifixion (Mat 27:51; comp. Heb 10:20). SEE TEMPLE.