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There were closed windows to the side rooms, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post.
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Verse 16. Slanting, or “lattice.” Septuagint “dark.” See 3 Kennicott. 7:4. Bible.—They were larger within, to afford light, as in Solomon’s temple, and in castles. Interpreters disagree in their sentiments: but all allow that God here insinuated that he would reward people in the Old Testament with temporal, and those in the New with spiritual blessings; first with grace in this life, and with glory in the next. Worthington.—Yet we must not suppose that the saints of old were deprived of eternal goods. Bible.—About. The other gates had the like ornaments. Calmet.
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