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Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 6:3

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1 Kings6:3

3 And the porch before the temple of the house , twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

In the Front of, or Entrance into the house, 2 Chron. 3. 4. Being a Peristilium or Portico, a Walk or Gallery, at one end of the Building (from side to side.) And the measures of this were Harmonious also. For 20 to 10 (the length of the Portico to the breadth of it) is double, or as 2 to 1. And, if the height within, be the same with that of the House, that is 30; it will be to the length of it, as 3 to 2; and to its breadth, as 3 to 1. Or, if we take in the whole height mentioned 2 Chron. 3. 4. which is a 120; there is in this no disproportion (being to its length as 6 to 1; and to its breadth as 12 to 1; especially when this height conveniently divided into several Galleries, one over another, each of which had their due Proportions.

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