the foundation

Esaias 28:16
derfor sier Herren, Israels Gud, så: Se, jeg har lagt i Sion en grunnsten, en prøvet sten, en kostelig, fast hjørnesten; den som tror, haster ikke*.

Esaias 54:11
Du arme som er bortrevet av storm, som ingen trøst har funnet! Se, jeg legger dine stener i blyglans og bygger din grunnmur med safirer;

1 Korintierne 3:10,11
Efter den Guds nåde som er mig gitt, har jeg lagt grunnvoll som en vis byggmester, og en annen bygger videre; men enhver se til hvorledes han bygger videre! …

Apenbaring 21:19,20
Og grunnstenene i stadens mur var prydet med allslags kostelig sten; den første grunnsten var jaspis, den annen safir, den tredje kalkedon, den fjerde smaragd, …

21 inches, the ten cubits are

17 feet and a half, and the eight cubits are

14 feet. The magnitude of these stones was certainly extraordinary; but let us hear M. Volney, and our surprise will no longer be fixed on these stones, but transferred from Solomon's house to the ruins of Balbec: `What is still more astonishing is the enormous stones which compose the sloping wall. To the west, the second layer is formed of stones which are from

1 Kongebok 7:28
Og fotstykkene var gjort således: Det var fyllinger på dem - fyllinger mellem kantlistene;

to

35 feet long, by about

9 in height. Over this layer, at the north-west angle, there are three stones, which alone occupy a space of

175 feet and a half; viz the first,

58 feet

7 inches; the second,

58 feet

11 inches; and the third, exactly

58 feet; and each of these is

12 feet thick. These stones are of white granite, with large shining flakes, like gypsum: there is a quarry of this kind of stone under the whole city, and another in the adjacent mountains, which is open in several places. On the right, as we approach the city, there is still lying there a stone hewn on three sides, which is

69 feet

2 inches long,

12 feet

10 inches broad, and

13 feet

3 inches in thickness.