John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:21
And the little chambers thereof were three on this side, and three on that side ,.... As in the eastern gate, and the measures the same, Ezekiel 40:7 . Gospel churches in the latter day will be all on the same plan, and modelled according to the same pattern, and be in just the same order, one as another: and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were after the same measure of the first gate ; the eastern gate: believers will be all pillars in the church of God, and partakers of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5-26
The measuring-reed which was in the hand of the surveyor-general was mentioned before, Ezek. 40:3. Here we are told (Ezek. 40:5) what was the exact length of it, which must be observed, because the house was measured by it. It was six cubits long, reckoning, not by the common cubit, but the cubit of the sanctuary, the sacred cubit, by which it was fit that this holy house should be measured, and that was a hand-breadth (that it, four inches) longer than the common cubit: the common cubit was... read more