Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 61:16

וממפתן לחצר דכתיב (יחזקאל י, ד) וימלא הבית את הענן והחצר מלאה את נגה כבוד ה' מחצר למזבח דכתיב ראיתי את ה' נצב על המזבח וממזבח לגג דכתיב (משלי כא, ט) טוב לשבת על פנת גג מגג לחומה דכתיב והנה ה' נצב על חומת אנך מחומה לעיר דכתיב (מיכה ו, ט) קול ה' לעיר יקרא

and it is written, And the glory of the Lord was gone up from the cherub whereupon it was to the threshold of the house.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. IX, 3, describing the departure of the divine glory from the Temple.');">³⁷</span> 'And from the threshold to the court', as it is written, And the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. X, 4.');">³⁸</span> 'From the court to the altar', as it is written, I saw the Lord standing on the altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Amos IX, I. These words were spoken long before the destruction of the Temple, but they are taken by the Talmud as prophetic.');">³⁹</span>

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