John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 6:33

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So also made he for the door of the temple, etc.] The holy place: posts [of] olive tree, a fourth part [of the wall]; which was five cubits, its breadth being twenty, (<110620>1 Kings 6:20); this door was a cubit wider than that into the most holy place, (<110631>1 Kings 6:31), more entering into the one than into the other; as more go into the church on earth than into the heavenly glory.

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