Corner @ The angle of a house Job:1:19) or a street Proverbs:7:8). "Corners" in Nehemiah:9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Numbers:24:17, the "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Moab. The "corner of a field" Leviticus:19:9Leviticus:23:22) is its extreme part, which was not to be reaped. The Jews were prohibited from cutting the "corners," i.e., the extremities, of the hair and whiskers running round the ears Leviticus:19:27Leviticus:21:5). The "four corners of the earth" in Isaiah:11:12 and Ezekiel:7:2 denotes the whole land. The "corners of the streets" mentioned in Matthew:6:5 means the angles where streets meet so as to form a square or place of public resort. The corner gate of Jerusalem ( 2Kings:14:13; 2Chronicals:26:9) was on the north-west side of the city. Corner-stone Job:38:6; Isaiah:28:16), a block of great importance in binding together the sides of a building. The "head of the corner" Psalms:118:22-23) denotes the coping, the "coign of vantage", i.e., the topstone of a building. But the word "corner stone" is sometimes used to denote some person of rank and importance Isaiah:28:16). It is applied to our Lord, who was set in highest honour Matthew:21:42). He is also styled "the chief corner stone" Ephesians:2:20; 1Peter:2:6-8). When Zechariah (10:4), speaking of Judah, says, "Out of him came forth the corner," he is probably to be understood as ultimately referring to the Messiah as the "corner stone." (See TEMPLE, SOLOMON'S
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