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He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
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Verse 16. The inner house of the oracle. That is, the sanctuary, which he separated from the other part of the temple, with this partition of cedar, instead of the veil, which in the tabernacle of Moses hung before the sanctuary. Challoner.—It was a square of 20 cubits, extending from the western end. Bible.—Hither none but the high priest was allowed to enter, and he but once a year. Calmet.
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