Verse 16
between the porch and the altar . The place appointed for the priests.
five and twenty. The number of the heads of the twenty-four courses of the priests.
their backs toward the temple . Because their faces were toward the sun-rising.
worshipped the sun . This form of idolatry seen as early as Job 31:26 , Job 31:27 ; and foreseen in Deuteronomy 4:19 ; adopted as early as Asa (2 Chronicles 14:5 ); abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:5 , 2 Kings 23:11 ).
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