エゼキエル書 42:15-43 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15

The inner house was not the temple as distinguished from its courts, but the temple with its courts, which lay within the wall about to be measured. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15-19

The symmetry of the sanctuary. The measurements which are in this part of Ezekiel's prophecies given with such abundance and such minuteness are intended primarily to convey the impression that the temple which was seen in vision was a building of perfect beauty, harmony, and completeness. But the material building was a figure of a spiritual edifice, and the material qualities ascribed to it were significant of moral attributes of the profoundest interest. And the structure, made without... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15-20

The temple precincts . The seer's guide, having completed his measurement of the house with its courts, proceeds to measure its encompassing wall, for this purpose conducting the prophet out by the east gate, and measuring, first the east, next the north, thirdly the south, and lastly the west wall, each five hundred reeds in length, or three thousand cubits, so that the entire area of the quadrangle amounted to 3000 x 3000 = 9,000,000 square cubits, equivalent to 2,250,000 square yards. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15-20

The size and strength of the kingdom. "The particularity with which these measurements are given shows the importance attached by the prophet to the external dimensions … The compass assigned to the sacred buildings exceeded the limits of all ancient Jerusalem … Here is another of those traits intended to render manifest the ideal character of the whole description" (Fairbairn). The fulfillment is found in the glorious magnitude of the Church of Christ, of which the temple was designed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:16

Five hundred reeds . Ewald, Hitzig, and Smend, with others, following the LXX ; regard this wall as that of the outer court, and change the "reeds" into "cubits;" but the majority of expositors adhere to the text, and understand the wall to be that of a great quadrangle which encompassed the whole structure, or the outer court and all within. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:20

To make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane. In these words the prophet indicates the purpose designed to be served by this particular wall; and although it may be said the outer court divided between the "sanctuary," or that which was holy , and the "profane," or that which was common, yet a more decided separation would assuredly be made by extending in the way described the precincts of the house. The objections usually offered to the view which regards the present... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:20

Separation between the holy and the common. The walls described by the prophet served another purpose than the most obvious one of enclosing a space and supporting a roof. They had a symbolical meaning. They were walls of separation. The several portions of the temple were invested with varying degrees of holiness, and in this arrangement there was no doubt a Divine significance and intention. There were parts reserved for Israelites, parts reserved for the priests, and one part into which... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:15-19

The Precincts. The temple and its courts were surrounded by an area of exact dimensions 3,000 cubits (1,500 yards) square. See Plan IV.Ezekiel 42:15The inner house - The temple and its courts, all that lay within the “wall on the outside of the house Ezekiel 40:5; the gate” is the eastern gate of the outer court.Measured it round about - The precincts, into which he had brought the seer through the eastern gate of the outer court. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:20

The “sanctuary” proper is probably here the most holy place as distinguished from the rest of the temple Ezekiel 41:23; Ezekiel 45:3; but the term was capable of extension first to the whole temple, then to all the ground that was separated to “holy” as distinguished from “profane,” i. e., common uses.In the vision the courts rose on successive platforms, the outer court being raised seven steps above the precincts, the inner court eight steps above the outer, and the temple itself ten steps... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 42:15-16

Ezekiel 42:15-16. When he had made an end of measuring the inner house The inner house denotes the temple, distinguished from the courts about it; he measured the east side, &c. This and the following verses contain the measures of the holy mountain, or area, upon which the temple stood, and which is described to be an exact square, consisting of five hundred reeds in measure on each side of it, that is, of very near an English mile. The whole area, therefore, was near four miles in... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 42:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:15-19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 42:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 42:15-16

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