1 Kings 6:2 (KJV)
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And the housewhich king Solomon builtfor the LORDthe lengththereof was threescore cubitsand the breadththereof twentycubits and the heightthereof thirty cubits
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the house. Eze 40:1-41:26
threescore. Ezr 6:3 Ezr 6:4 Eze 41:1-15 Re 21:16 Re 21:17
the length.According to Bp. Cumberland's estimation of the cubit, its length was 36 yds. 1 ft. 5/28 inch; its breadth 12 yds. 5/76 inch; and its height, 18 yds. 8/64 inch. This constituted what is properly called the temple; but, besides this, there were the courts and colonnades, where the people might assemble to perform their devotions, without being exposed to the open air.
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