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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 38:14 - 38:14
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third entry - The Hebrews in determining the position of places faced the east, which they termed “that which is in front”; the south was thus called “that which is on the right hand”; the north, “that which is on the left hand”; the west, “that which is behind.” So beginning with the east they might term it the first or principal entry; the south the second entry; the north the “third entry” of the outer or inner court [Maurer]. The third gate of the temple facing the palace; for through it the entrance lay from the palace into the temple (1Ki 10:5, 1Ki 10:12). It was westward (1Ch 26:16, 1Ch 26:18; 2Ch 9:11) [Grotius]. But in the future temple it is eastward (Eze 46:1, Eze 46:2, Eze 46:8).