Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 123:2

אמר רב יוסף לאו היינו דתניא (עזרא ג, ג) ויכינו (את) המזבח על מכונותיו שהגיעו לסוף מדותיו והכתיב (דברי הימים א כח, יט) הכל בכתב מיד ה' עלי השכיל

[which means] that they attained to its final measurements?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Joseph had once fallen sick, and on his recovery it was found that he had forgotten many of his earlier teachings and traditions. Here he states that his assertion that because the heavenly fire helped them a larger altar was unnecessary was incorrect, the real reason being as he proceeds to explain. - 'They attained its final measurements' means that it was revealed to the builders of the second altar (the 'Men of the Great Assembly') exactly which site was sacred for the altar, this knowledge having been withheld from Solomon when he built the first altar.');">³</span> But surely it is written, And all this [do I give thee] in writing, the Lord hath made me wise by His hand upon me, even all works of this pattern?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Chron. XXVIII, 19. 'All this' refers to the plans of the first Temple with all its appurtenances. Thus it had all been divinely revealed to Solomon too, which contradicts the former statement.');">⁴</span>

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