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1 Chron. 28:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

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David.He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations, sections and specifications of every part; and all this he himself received by inspiration from God himself, (ver. 12, 19,) just as Moses had received the plan of the tabernacle.the pattern.

1 Chron. 28:19• ¹⁹All this (said David) Jehovah made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. (1 Chron. 28:19)

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Ex. 25:40• ⁴⁰And see that thou make them according to their pattern, which hath been shown to thee in the mountain. (Ex. 25:40)

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Ex. 26:30• ³⁰And thou shalt set up the tabernacle according to its fashion, as hath been shown thee on the mountain. (Ex. 26:30)

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Ex. 39:42‑43• ⁴²According to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so had the children of Israel done all the labour.
⁴³And Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Jehovah had commanded—so had they done it; and Moses blessed them. (Ex. 39:42‑43)

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2 Chron. 3:3• ³And this was Solomon's foundation for the construction of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. (2 Chron. 3:3)

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Ezek. 43:10‑11• ¹⁰Thou, O son of man, tell the house of Israel of the house that they may be ashamed of their iniquities, and let them measure the pattern.
¹¹And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, let them know the form of the house, and its arrangements, and the goings out of it, and the comings in of it, and all the forms of it, and all the laws of it; and write it in their sight, that they may observe all its forms and all its statutes and do them. (Ezek. 43:10‑11)

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Heb. 8:5• ⁵being such as serve for example and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is oracularly told when about to make the tabernacle, for, See, saith he, thou shalt make all things according to the pattern that was shown to thee in the mountain. (Heb. 8:5)

the porch.

1 Kings 6:3• ³And the porch, in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and ten cubits was its breadth, in front of the house. (1 Kings 6:3)

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2 Chron. 3:4• ⁴And the porch which was in front was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and the height was a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold. (2 Chron. 3:4)

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Ezek. 40:8‑9,15,48‑49• ⁸And he measured the porch of the gate within, one reed.
⁹And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
¹⁵And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
⁴⁸And he brought me to the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side; and the breadth of the gate, three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
⁴⁹The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, even by the steps whereby they went up to it; and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and one on that side. (Ezek. 40:8‑9,15,48‑49)

the houses.

1 Kings 6:16‑20• ¹⁶And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built them for it within, to be the oracle, the most holy place.
¹⁷And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
¹⁸And the cedar of the house within was carved with colocynths and half-open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
¹⁹And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
²⁰And the oracle within was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the cedar-wood altar— (1 Kings 6:16‑20)

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2 Chron. 3:5‑10• ⁵And the greater house he boarded with cypress-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set on it palm-trees and chains.
⁶And he overlaid the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
⁷And he covered the house, the beams, the threshold, and its walls, and its doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls.
⁸And he made the house of the most holy place, the length of which was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
⁹And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold.
¹⁰And in the house of the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work, and they overlaid them with gold. (2 Chron. 3:5‑10)

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Ezek. 41:13‑17• ¹³So he measured the house, an hundred cubits; and the separate place, and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long;
¹⁴and the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits.
¹⁵And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and its galleries on the one side, and on the other side, one hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court,
¹⁶the door-posts, and the latticed windows, and the galleries round about on their three sides, opposite to the doorposts, a wainscoting of wood all round, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered.
¹⁷Over above the door, even to the inner house and the outer [a wainscoting], and on all the wall round about, within and without, by measures. (Ezek. 41:13‑17)

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Heb. 9:2‑8• ²For a tabernacle was constituted, the first, in which [were] both the candlestick and the table and the setting forth of the loaves, which is called Holy;
³but after the second veil a tabernacle that is called Holy of holies,
⁴having a golden censer and the ark of the covenant covered round everywhere with gold, in which [were] a golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron that sprouted, and the tables of the covenant,
⁵and above over it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which things it is not now [opportune] to speak in detail.
⁶Now these things having been thus constituted, into the first tabernacle indeed the priests enter at all times accomplishing the services,
⁷but into the second the high priest alone once the year, not apart from blood, which he offereth for himself and for the errors of the people:
⁸the Holy Spirit showing this that the way of the holies hath not yet been manifested, while yet the first tabernacle hath a standing: (Heb. 9:2‑8)

the treasuries.[gnzkyw,] {ganzakkaiv:}

the word [gnzk,] {ganzach,} is supposed to be not Hebrew, but Persian; in which language we have [gng,] {ganj,} a granary, a hidden treasure, and [gngwr,] {gunjoor,} and [gngynh,] {gunjineh,} a treasure, treasury, or barn.

It may, however, be a Chaldee form of the Hebrew [gnz,] {genez,} (from [gnz,] {genaz,} to treasure up;) the [k] being merely formative, as in [dk,] {dech,} ['lk,] {illaich,} and other Chaldee words.

1 Chron. 9:26‑29• ²⁶For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;
²⁷for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
²⁸And part of them had the charge of the instruments of service, for by number they brought them in and by number they brought them out.
²⁹Part of them also were appointed over the vessels, and over all the holy instruments, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. (1 Chron. 9:26‑29)

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1 Chron. 26:20‑27• ²⁰And the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
²¹The sons of Laadan, the sons of the Gershonites of Laadan, chief fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli;
²²the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah.
²³As to the Amramites, the Jizharites, the Hebronites, the Uzzielites....
²⁴And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was overseer of the treasures.
²⁵And his brethren, of Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, and Isaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
²⁶This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which king David, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated
²⁷(from the wars and out of the spoils had they dedicated them , to maintain the house of Jehovah), (1 Chron. 26:20‑27)

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Luke 21:1• ¹And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury, (Luke 21:1)

upper chambers.

1 Kings 6:5‑6,10• ⁵And against the wall of the house he built floors round about, against the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle; and he made side-chambers round about.
⁶The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the thickness of the wall of the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.
¹⁰And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar. (1 Kings 6:5‑6,10)

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2 Chron. 3:9• ⁹And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he covered the upper chambers with gold. (2 Chron. 3:9)

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Neh. 10:38‑39• ³⁸And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes; and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, into the chambers of the treasure-house.
³⁹For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God. (Neh. 10:38‑39)

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Neh. 13:5• ⁵And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. (Neh. 13:5)

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Jer. 35:2• ²Go unto the house of the Rechabites and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. (Jer. 35:2)

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Ezek. 41:6‑11• ⁶And the side-chambers [were], one over another, three and thirty times; and they entered into the wall which [was] on the house, for the side-chambers round about, that they might be fastened on, but they were not fastened on the wall of the house.
⁷And as one wound upward it became continually wider for the side-chamber, for the row of chambers went more and more upward round about the house; therefore the breadth of the house [was] greater upward; and so they went up, the lowest to the highest, by the middle.
⁸And I saw the height of the house round about; the foundations of the side-chambers a full reed of six great cubits.
⁹The thickness of the wall which [was] for the side-chamber without [was] five cubits and that which was left, the place of the side-chamber, belonging to the house.
¹⁰And between the chambers is a breadth of twenty cubits about the house all round.
¹¹And the doors of the side-chambers [were] toward the place left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about. (Ezek. 41:6‑11)

the place.

Ex. 25:17‑22• ¹⁷And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
¹⁸And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
¹⁹And make one cherub at the end of the one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
²⁰And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be turned.
²¹And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
²²And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:17‑22)

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Ex. 40:20‑21• ²⁰And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and put the staves in the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark.
²¹And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and hung up the veil of separation, and covered the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 40:20‑21)

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1 Kings 6:19• ¹⁹And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. (1 Kings 6:19)

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2 Chron. 5:7• ⁷And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubim: (2 Chron. 5:7)

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Heb. 9:5• ⁵and above over it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which things it is not now [opportune] to speak in detail. (Heb. 9:5)

• In 1 Chron. 28:11-19 we find the same principle when it is a matter of the temple compared to the tabernacle. Only it is by inspiration (1 Chron. 28:12) that David had received all the details, not by a model placed before the eyes of a Moses upon the mountain, which the latter was to execute. David received these details (they were in him, in his mind) through the Spirit. Nothing depended upon his gift of organization or upon his natural intelligence. Everything came directly from God. "All this said David, in writing, by Jehovah's hand upon me" (1 Chron. 28:19). (“Solomon, the King According to the Counsels of God: 1 Chronicles 28” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

And David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the house of the mercy-seat;

W. Kelly Translation

And David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the house of the mercy-seat;

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)