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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:9

The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chambers without, was five cubits ,.... This is the outward wall of the chambers, north and south, which was five cubits thick, made of stone; See Gill on Ezekiel 41:5 , and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within ; this was a void space, not built upon, which was before the chambers that stood within it; and was a space to walk in for those that dwelt in the chambers, or to go in from chamber to chamber;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:10

And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits ,.... Not the side chambers before mentioned, as if there was the space of twenty cubits between each chamber; for another word is used; more probably the meaning is, that between the side chambers, or the void space before them of five cubits, and the chambers which were in the court facing them, was such a wideness of twenty cubits: round about the house on every side ; on all sides of the temple, where the above chambers were,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:11

And the doors of the side chambers were towards the place that was left ,.... These opened to the void space before them; that is, those of the lower storey; the others must open to the winding staircase that led down to it: one door toward the north, and another door toward the south ; which is not to be understood as if each chamber had two doors; but either of the two doors, which opened at the top of the staircase to the north and south; or of the doors of those chambers, which were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12

Now the building that was before the separate place ,.... The "separate place" is the holy of holies, which was separated by a vail under the second temple, and by a wall as in this, and the first from the holy place: "before or over against" which was a building, as it is rendered, Ezekiel 41:15 , a new building, not before taken notice of: and it was situated at the end toward the west : or "sea" F5 הים "ad mare, Piscator; obversa mari", Cocceius, Starckius. , the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:1

To the temple - He had first described the courts and the porch. See chap. 40. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:2

The breadth of the door - This was the door, or gate, of the sanctuary, (see gates 3, in the plan), and this doorway was filled up with folding gates. The measurements are exactly the same as those of Solomon's temple. See 1 Kings 6:2 , 1 Kings 6:17 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:4

The length thereof, twenty cubits - This is the measurement of the sanctuary, or holy of holies. See G in the plan. This also was the exact measurement of Solomon's temple, see 1 Kings 6:20 . This, and the other resemblances here, sufficiently prove that Ezekiel's temple and that of Solomon were on the same plan; and that the latter temple was intended to be an exact resemblance of the former. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:6

The side chambers were three - We find by Joseph. Antiq. 8:3, 2, that round Solomon's temple were chambers three stories high, each story consisting of thirty chambers. It is supposed that twelve were placed to the north of the temple, twelve to the south, and six to the east. Entered into the wall - The beams were admitted into the outer wall, but they rested on projections of the inner wall. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:7

An enlarging, and a winding about - Perhaps a winding staircase that-widened upward as the inner wall decreased in thickness; this wall being six cubits thick; as high as the first story, five from the floor of the second story to that of the third, and four from the floor to the ceiling of the third story: and thus there was a rest of one cubit in breadth to support the stories. - Newcome. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:9

The thickness of the wall - See LLL in the plan. The place of the side chambers - A walk, or gallery of communication along the chambers, five cubits broad, Ezekiel 41:11 . read more

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