And the foundation [was of] costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
Ver. 10. And the foundatlon was of costly stones.] Heb., Precious; yet not of emeralds, carbuncles, sapphires, as Isaiah 54:11, but of marble, porphyry, &c., which were longlasting.
Even great stones.] Which therefore were the closer together, and the surer.