ARCHITECTURE. ORIGINAL DWELLINGS. TENTS. Gen. iv, 20. And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Gen. xii, 8. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. out their hosts. days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle. Job xxxvi, 29. Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? Num. 1, 52. And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every Ps. lxxxiv, 10. For a day in thy man by his own camp, and every courts is better than a thousand. man by his own standard, through- I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to Num. xxiv, 2, 5. And Balaam dwell in the tents of wickedness. lifted up his eyes, and he saw Ps. cxx, 5. Woe is me, that I soIsrael abiding in his tents, accord-journ in Mesech, that I dwell in ing to their tribes; and the spirit the tents of Kedar of God came upon him. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! Deut. i, 33. Who went in the Gen. xiii, 3, 12. And he went on way before you, to search you his journeys from the south even out a place to pitch your tents in, to Beth-el, unto the place where in fire by night, to shew you by his tent had been at the beginning, what way you should go, and in a between Beth-el and Hai; Abram cloud by day. dwelled in the land of Canaan, Deut. v, 30. Go say to them, Get and Lot dwelled in the cities of you into your tents again. the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. Judges viii, 11. And Gideon went up by the way of them that Gen. xviii, 1.9. And the LORD ap-dwelt in tents on the east of Nopeared unto him in the plains of bah and Jogbehah, and smote the Mamre: and he sat in the tent host: for the host was secure. door in the heat of the day; And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And Gen. xxv, 27. 1 Chron. v, 10. And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. comely, O ye daughters of JeruCant. 1, 5. I am black, but salem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Isa. xiii, 20. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. Isa. xl, 22. That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isa. liv, 2. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. Jer. x, 20. My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and Jer. xxxv, 7, 10. Neither shall they are not: there is none to Gen. xxvi, 17, 25. And Isaac deye build house, nor sow seed, nor stretch forth my tent any more, parted thence, and pitched his plant vineyard, nor have any: and to set up my curtains. tent in the valley of Gerar, and but all your days ye shall dwell dwelt there. And he builded an in tents; that ye may live many LORD thy God from the land of Hosea xii, 9. And I that am the altar there, and called upon the days in the land where yo be in tents. name of the LORD, and pitched strangers. But we have dwelt in Egypt will yet make thee to dwell his tent there: and there Isaac's tents, and have obeyed, and done in tabernacles, as in the days of servants digged a well. Gen. xxxi, 25, 33. Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had according to all that Jonadab our the solemn feasts. Hab. iii, 7. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; and the curtremble. tains of the land of Midian did Matth. xvii, 4. Then answered pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. And Laban went into Jacob's tent, Heb. xi, 9. By faith he sojourn- Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, and into Leah's tent, and into the ed in the land of promise, as in a it is good for us to be here: if thou two maidservants' tents; but he strange country. dwelling in wilt, let us make here three found them not. Then went he tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, tabernacles; one for thee, and one out of Leah's tent, and entered the heirs with him of the same for Moses, and one for Elias. ing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. OCCASIONAL DWELL INGS. CAVES. Gen. xix, 30. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell Jer. vii, 11. Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. Ezek. xxxiii, 27. And they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. Matth. xxi, 13. And said unto them. It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. Rev. vi, 15. And the kings of the they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! Isa. lxv, 21. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them.. Jer. xxix, 4, 5. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gar dens, and eat the fruit of them. Amos iii, 15. And I will smite in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, earth, and the great men, and the the winter house with the sum he and his two daughters. Judges vi, 2. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the moun tains, and caves, and strong holds. 1 Sam. xiii, 6. When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed.) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. 1 Sam. xiv, 11. And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Heb rews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 1 Sam. xxiv, 10. Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed. 1 Kin. xviii, 4, 13. For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 1 Kin. xix, 9. And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to hin, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? Heb. xi, 38. (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. and the mighty men, and every rich men, and the chief captains, bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains. CAVES MENTIONED IN ORDINARY DWELLINGS. Num. xxxii, 24. Build you cities for your little ones; and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth, Deut. vi, 10, 11. And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, cities, which thou buildedst not, to give thee great and goodly And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not. Deut. viii, 12. Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein Isa. ii, 19. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his Isa. v, 8. Woe unto them that majesty, when he ariseth to shake | Join house to house, that lay field terribly the earth. to field, till there be no place that houses shall have an end, saith mer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great the LORD. HOUSE-CITY. Josh. vi, 26. And Joshua adjnred them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 1 Kings vii, 9-12. All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed even from the foundation unto with saws, within and without, the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. And the great court of hewed stones, and a row of round about was with three rows cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. 1 Kings xvi, 34. In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. Ezra iv, 12. Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. PHYSICAL ALLUSIONS. Deut. xxxii, 22. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 2 Sam. xxii, 8. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. Job xxxviii, 4, 6. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof. Ps. xviii, 15. Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discov ered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. Ps. xxiv, 2. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Ps. civ, 5, 8. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Matth. xiii, 35. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Heb. iv, 3. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said. As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. PERSONAL AND OTHER ALLUSIONS. Job iv, 19. How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust. Ps. xi, 3. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Ps. lxxxii, 5. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foun dations of the earth are out of course. Prov. x, 25. As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. Isa. xxviii, 16. Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. Isa. liv, 11. 0 thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. Luke vi, 47-49. Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream heat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was | Rom. xv, 20. Yea, so have I 1 Cor. iii, 9, 10.... Ye are God's building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth there upon. the foundation of the apostles and Heb. vi, 1. Therefore leaving Heb. xi, 10. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Rev. xxi, 14. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. MATERIALS. BRICKS, STONES, TIMBER. Gen. xi, 3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. Exod. i, 11, 13, 14. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. Isa. ix, 9, 10. And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. Amos v, 11. . . . . Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them..... Hab. ii, 11. For the stone shall out of the timber shall answer it. cry out of the wall, and the beam ERECTION. 2 Sam. v, 11. And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. 1 Kings vil, 1. But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 1 Kings ix, 1. And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do. 1 Chron. xiv, 1. Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. 2 Chron. ii, 3. And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with Exod. 1, 21. And it came to pass, because the widwives feared God, that he made them houses. cities, Pithom and me. Lev. xiv, 42. And they shall Judges iii, 19. But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. 2 Kings vi, 1-3. And the sons of the prophets said unto Deut. xxv, 9. Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. Ps. xxviii, 5. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Ps. cxvill, 22. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. P3. cxxvii, 1. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it..... Prov. ix, 1. Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars. Prov. xxiv, 3, 27. Through wis the dust praise thee? shall it de- were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof. dom is an house builded; and by glory may sing praise to thee, and son out of the prison house; and understanding it is established. Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field and afterwards build thine house. Luke xiv, 28-30. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. Luke xvii, 28. Likewise also as It was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded. Heb. iii, 3, 4. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more For honour than the house. every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. Jude 20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. CEREMONY AND PRIVILEGE. Deut. xx, 5. And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man de-, dicate it. not be silent. O LORD my God, I ever. FORM. WALLS. 1 Sam. xx, 25. And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. 2 Kings iv, 10. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. 2 Kings xx, 2. Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, .... Dan. v, 5. In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. COURTS. 2 Kings xx, 4. And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying. .... Esth. i. 5. And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace. Esth. vi, 5. And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, IIaman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. Luke v, 19. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the him down multitude, they went upon the housetop. and let A PSALM OF DEDICATION. ROOF AND PILLARS. that thou bring not blood upon thence. Joshua ii, 8. And before they Judges xvi, 25-27. And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samhe made them sport: and they set And him between the pillars. Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men Samson made sport. and women, that beheld while 1 Sam. ix, 25. 26. And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 2 Sam. xi, 2. And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's honse: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 2 Sam. xvi, 22. So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 2 Sam. xviii, 24. And David sat between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. 1 Kings vii, 2, 3. He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof as an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon tour rows of cedar pillars, with cedar And it beams upon the pillars. was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 2 Kings xi, 14. And when she a pillar. looked, behold, the king stood by Cant. i, 17. The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. Cant. v, 15. His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 2 Sam. xiii, 17, 18. Then he called his servant that ministered unto Isa. xv, 3. In their streets they man out from me, and bolt the him, and said, Put now this woshall gird themselves with sack-door after her. cloth: on the tops of their houses, servant brought her out, and Then his and in their streets, every one bolted the door after her. shall howl, weeping abundantly. Jer. xlviii, 38. There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. Matth. x, 27. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Matth. xxiv, 17. Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house. Mark ii, 4. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. Luke xil, 3. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Luke xvii, 31. In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Job ix, 6. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Job xxvi, 11. The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. Ps. lxxv, 3. The carth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah, Gal. ii, 9. And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. 1 Tim. iii, 15. But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. Rev. ii, 12. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out. 1 Kin. vii, 6-8. And he made a art come in, thou shalt shut the of the guard took Seraiah the Esther i, 21. In those days, Esther V, 1. Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and king's house, over against the stood in the inner court of the king's house: and the king sat uphouse, over against the gate of the on his royal throne in the royal house. Jer. xxxv, 4. And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door. Matth. xxv, 10. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went John xx, 19. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. Acts xii, 13, 14. And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. Ps. xxiv, 7. Lift up your heads, everlasting doors; and the King of O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye glory shall come in. the gates of Zion more than all Ps. lxxxvii, 2. The LORD loveth the dwellings of Jacob. Prov. xvii, 19. He loveth transression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. turneth upon his hinges, so doth Prov. xxvi, 14. As the door the slothful upon his bed. Cant. v. 4, 5. My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. Çant. viii, 9. If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. that the righteous nation which Isa. xxvi, 2. Open ye the gates, keepeth the truth may enter in. 1 Cor. xvi, 9. For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. |