1 Samuel 3:15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. Some think, that whereas yet the Tabernacle consisted of curtains and coverings, and so had veils instead of doors: that the House of God and the Tabernacle were not the same, as the Ark was in one place and the Tabernacle in another in the time of David and Solomon, before the temple was built; and hereunto this giveth some probability, because it is called here not the Tabernacle but the Temple of the Lord (ver. 3), and the House of the Lord (ver. 15). But this is not like: for the Tabernacle was set up in Shiloh in Joshua's time (Joshua 18:1), and so it had continued in the time of the Judges (Judges 21:19), and there it was now in Eli's time (1 Samuel 1:9). 2. Therefore it is more like, that though the Tabernacle, while it was in the desert, for the better transporting and carrying from place to place, had veils only hanging in the entrance instead of doors; yet now, being settled in a certain place, it might also be made sure with doors. 3. These were the doors only of the outward court, whither the people might come in to worship, and the charge whereof belonged to the Levites (1 Chronicles 26). (A. Willett.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. |
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