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 (Fig. 46). Seventy thousand  were  engaged  in  carrying  the  materials to the  site  of  the  Temple. Eighty thousand  were  hewing  stones, while three  thousand  three  hundred  were  employed  as  overseers of the  work.



The vast  number  of  persons  employed  corresponded  with  the grandeur and  magnificence  of  the  house  of  God,  the  general  plan of which  was  that  of  the  Tabernacle. In other  respects,  however, the Tabernacle  could  not  be  compared  with  the  Temple,  which was sixty  cubits  long,  twenty  cubits  wide,  and  thirty  cubits high. The house  was  built  of  stones  hewed  and  made  ready, so that  when  it  was  in  building,  neither  hammer  nor  any  iron tool was  heard. Then there  were  besides  porches  and  galleries running all  around  it,  and  two  large  courts  for  the  priests  and the people.