1 Reyes 7:39

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39 Entonces coloc贸 las basas, cinco al lado derecho de la casa y cinco al lado izquierdo de la casa; y coloc贸 el mar de metal fundido al lado derecho de la casa hacia el sureste.

1 Reyes 7:39 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:39

And he put five bases on the right side of the house
On the south side, which is commonly understood; that is, of the courts of the priests, where they were placed for their use: and five on the left side of the house; on the north, as it must be, if the south is on the right; though as the entrance into the temple was at the east, when a man went in, the north must be on the right, and the south on the left; and this seems to be the position by what follows:

and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, over
against the south;
and therefore the right side must be the north, which is opposite to the south; the sea seems to have stood northeast, which was for the priests to wash in before they entered on divine service, (See Gill on Exodus 30:20) hence it became customary with the Heathens to wash before they performed any religious worship F5, particularly the hands and feet F6.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 Vid. Virgil. Bucolic. Eclog. 8. "affer aquam" Aeneid. 2. "attrectare nefas" Macrob. Saturnal. l. 3. c. l.
F6 Vid. Sperling de Bapt. Ethnic. p. 88, 89, 101.
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1 Reyes 7:39 In-Context

37 Hizo las diez basas de esta manera: todas ellas eran de una misma fundici贸n, de una misma medida y de una misma forma.
38 Tambi茅n hizo diez pilas de bronce; en cada pila cab铆an cuarenta batos, cada pila med铆a cuatro codos, y sobre cada una de las diez basas hab铆a una pila.
39 Entonces coloc贸 las basas, cinco al lado derecho de la casa y cinco al lado izquierdo de la casa; y coloc贸 el mar de metal fundido al lado derecho de la casa hacia el sureste.
40 Hiram hizo tambi茅n los calderos , las palas y los tazones. As铆 termin贸 Hiram toda la obra que hizo para el rey Salom贸n en la casa del SE脩OR:
41 las dos columnas y los tazones de los capiteles que estaban en lo alto de las dos columnas, las dos mallas para cubrir los dos tazones de los capiteles que estaban en lo alto de las columnas;
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