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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 40:39-49

In these verses we have an account, I. Of the tables that were in the porch of the gates of the inner court. We find no description of the altars of burnt-offerings in the midst of that court till Ezek. 43:18. But, because the one altar under the law was to be exchanged for a multitude of tables under the gospel, here is early notice taken of the tables, at our entrance into the inner court; for till we come to partake of the table of the Lord we are but professors at large; our admission to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:49

The length of the porch was twenty cubits ,.... From east to west; from the first gate of it to the last; which led directly into the house, or temple: and the breadth eleven cubits ; which may be thus accounted for; two cubits apiece being allowed for each post, and three for each leaf of the door that were hung upon them, and one for the upright post in the middle on which they shut; in all eleven: and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it; as there was an ascent of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 40:49

By the steps - This was a flight of steps that led to the temple; there were eight steps in each flight. See YY in the plan. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:48-49

With these verses the following chapter ought to have commenced, as the seer now advances to a description of the house , or temple proper, as in 1 Kings 6:2 , with its three parts—a porch (verses 48, 49), a holy place ( Ezekiel 41:1 ), and a holy of holies ( Ezekiel 41:4 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:49

Like the gates into the courts, the temple porch was entered by steps , of which the number is not stated, though, after the LXX ; it is usually assumed to have been ten, Hengstenberg suggesting fourteen. The last particular noted, that there were pillars by the posts , has been explained to signify that upon the posts, or bases, stood shafts or pillars (Currey), or with more probability that by or near the pillars rose columns (Keil, Kliefoth). The height of these is not given, though... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 40:48-49

The Porch of the House. The front of the temple-porch (see G, Plan I) consisted of a central opening with two columns on either side. Two columns with the space between them were called “a post of the gate.” “The breadth of the gate” on either side was a side opening, that is, the opening between two columns. The columns having bases of a cubit square, two columns and the “breadth of the gate,” which we are told was three cubits, made up the “five cubits” on either side the central entrance,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 40:48-49

Ezekiel 40:48-49. And measured each post of the porch By the posts are meant the side-posts, or columns, on each side of the door of entrance: see Ezekiel 40:9; these were measured to be five cubits thick, both on the north and south sides. And the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, &c. “Two doors, of three cubits wide, opening each way, formed the entrance; these, with five on each side, called the posts of the porch, amount to sixteen cubits; and the other four may... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:48-49

The temple proper (40:48-41:26)From the inner court the way into the temple proper was up a flight of steps on the western side of the court, between two pillars at the top of the steps, and through a vestibule or entrance room (48-49). From the vestibule an entrance led into the nave or Holy Place (the outer sanctuary). From the nave a narrower entrance led into the Most Holy Place (the inner sanctuary) (41:1-4).Attached externally to the sides and rear of the temple proper were three storeys... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 40:49

Ezekiel 40:49. There were pillars— Hereby seem to be meant the two great pillars of brass, whereof we have the dimensions and a description in the first book of Kings, chap. Ezekiel 7:15, &c. and 2 Chronicles 3:15. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The date of this prophesy is in the twenty-fifth year of the captivity of Jeconiah, in the tenth day of the beginning of the year, which was reckoned in two different ways: the civil year began at the autumnal equinox, and then this tenth day must have been the... read more

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