Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin (continued)
JOHN CALVIN
14. The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pil-
14. Qindecim autem cubitorum erunt tortinto lateri uni: columnae earum tres, basesque earum tres. lars three, and their sockets three.
15. And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15. Lateri vero secundo quindecim cortinae: columnae earum tres, et bases earum tres.
16. And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
16. Et portae atrii disponetur aulaeum viginti cubitorum ex hyacintho, et purpura, et vermiculo cocci, et bysso retorta, opere acupictoris: columnae ejus quatuor, basesque earum quatuor. and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17. All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
17. Omnes columnae atrii in circuitu cinctae erunt argento: capitella vero earum erunt argentea, et bases earum aerea.
18. The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
18. Longitudo atrii erit centum cubitorum, et latitudo quinquaginta in quinquaginta: altitudo autem quinque cubitorum: ex bysso retorta et bases earum aereae.
19. All the vessels of the tabernacle, in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
19. Omnia vasa tabernaculi in omni ministerio ejus, et omnes paxilli ejus, et omnes paxilli atrii, ex aeare.
9. And thou shalt make the court. There were two courts divided from the sanctuary, one for the priests, the other common to the whole people. To the first chambers were annexed, in which the Levites dwelt, who were the keepers of the tabernacle; and thus sometimes the courts are spoken of in the plural number, and especially in the Psalms, (Psalm 64:4; 84:2; 92:13; 96:8.) It is the court of the people which is here referred to, where they consecrated the victims, offered their prayers, and were reconciled to God. In this manner the condition of mankind was shewn to the Israelites,