302. * From all this it is clear why there was now a temple, as there was earlier the tent of assembly [II Sam. 7:6]. [See also the rest of WE 6247, concluding the explanation of I Kings 6:1.]
[See WE 6251 up to this point, explaining I Kings 6:4.] * "Windows in the house" symbolize the same thing as do the eyes in man, namely inward sight, as well as very inward and innermost sight. These are the windows of man. "Views" here means sight, said to be "narrow"* because they were on the outside of the house, and could thus be "opened and closed," agreeing with the idea they portray. These words * According to Schmidius: "And he made for the house windows giving narrow views." Castellio has: "He furnished the temple with windows which could be opened and closed."
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