“And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.”
"When the house was built, it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built." — The *construction silence* is theologically and practically significant: *ve-ha-bayit be-hibanoto even shlemit niskhetah ni-shamat be-ha-bayit lo-hashma'u tsa'ar matteah ve-mahzor ve-kol-keliy barzel* (the house was built with stones cut at the quarry, so that no sound of hammer or axe or any iron tool was heard in the house while it was being built). The *no-sound* requirement suggests *holiness* and *sacredness*—the sanctuary must be built in *silence*, *reverence*, *absence of noise*. This anticipates the later principle that *the temple is a place of sacred quiet*. Practically, stones were *pre-cut*, *fitted*, and *assembled* without on-site modification.
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