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 Bk. II. Ch. VI. TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM. 215 the lavers, and all the otlier objects in metal work, were in reality what made the Tenij)le so celebrated ; and very little was due to the mere masonry by which we should judge of a Christian church or any modern building. No pillars are mentioned as sup])orting the roof, but every analogy derived from Assyrian architecture, as well as the constructive neces- sities of the case, Avould lead lis to suppose they must have existed, four in the sanctuary and eight in the pronaos. The temple which Ezekiel saw in a vision on the banks of the Chebar was identical in dimensions with that of Solomon, in so far as naos and ])ronaos were concerned. But a passage round the naos was 108. Plan of Temple at Jerusalem, as rebuilt by Herod. Scale 200 ft. to 1 in. introduced, giving access to the chambers, which added 10 cubits to its dimensions every way, making it 100 cubits by 60. The principal court, which contained the Altar and the Temple properly so called, had the same dimensions as in Solomon's Temple ; l)ut he added, in imagination at least, four courts, each 100 cubits or 150 ft. square. That on the east certainly existed, and seems to have been the new court of Solomon's Temple,i and is what in that of Herod became tite court of the Gpntiles. The nortji and south courts were never aj)})arently carried out. They did not exist in Solomon's Temple, and there is L' ( 'liruiiicles xx. 5.