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وأتى بي الى رواق البيت وقاس عضادة الرواق خمس اذرع من هنا وخمس اذرع من هناك وعرض الباب ثلاث اذرع من هنا وثلاث اذرع من هناك.
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وأتى بي الى رواق البيت وقاس عضادة الرواق خمس اذرع من هنا وخمس اذرع من هناك وعرض الباب ثلاث اذرع من هنا وثلاث اذرع من هناك.
7848. 'On the houses' means the desires composing a will that seeks what is good. This is clear from the meaning of 'house' as a person, dealt with in 3128, and as the human mind, 3538, 4973, 5023, 7353, consequently that which composes the will, at this point that which composes a will seeking what is good. The reason why 'house' also means the will is that a person is meant by it, and a person is a person primarily by virtue of what he wills. Furthermore, whether you say a person or his mind it amounts to the same thing. For a person is not a person by virtue of his physical body but by virtue of his mind; and what his mind is like - that is, what his understanding and will are like, primarily what his will is like - determine what kind of person he is.
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As for the temple, the door posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance [of it] was as the appearance [of the temple].