1 Kings 6:20

Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.

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WEBBE

Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He covered the altar with cedar.

BSB

The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

KJV

And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

ASV

And within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

BBE

And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

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וְלִפְנֵי ve·lif·nei and (to) before H6440 הַדְּבִיר ha·de·vir the innermost room H1687 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim [was] twenty H6242 אַמָּה 'a·mah cubit[s] H520 אֹרֶךְ 'o·rekh length H753 וְעֶשְׂרִים ve·'es·rim and [was] twenty H6242 אַמָּה 'a·mah cubit[s] H520 רֹחַב ro·chav breadth H7341 וְעֶשְׂרִים ve·'es·rim and [was] twenty H6242 אַמָּה 'a·mah cubit[s] H520 קוֹמָתוֹ ko·ma·to height its H6967 וַיְצַפֵּהוּ vay·tza·pe·hu and he overlaid it H6823 זָהָב za·hav gold H2091 סָגוּר sa·gur gold plate H5462 וַיְצַף vay·tzaf and he overlaid H6823 מִזְבֵּחַ miz·be·ach an altar H4196 אָרֶז 'a·rez cedar H730

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 15–38

See what was typified by this temple. 1. Christ is the true Temple. In him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead; in him meet all God's spiritual Israel; through him we have access with confidence to God. 2. Every believer is a living temple, in whom the Spirit of God dwells, 1Co 3:16. This living temple is built upon Christ as its Foundation, and will be perfect in due time. 3. The gospel church is the mystical temple. It grows to a holy temple in the Lord, enriched and beautified with the gifts and graces of the Spirit. This temple is built firm, upon a Rock. 4. Heaven is the everlasting temple. There the church will be fixed. All that shall be stones in that building, must, in the present state of preparation, be fitted and made ready for it. Let sinners come to Jesus as the living Foundation, that they may be built on him, a part of this spiritual house, consecrated in body and soul to the glory of God.

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