Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 45:2-5
Ezekiel 45:2-5. Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, &c. If we understand these dimensions of cubits, it exactly agrees with the opinion of the Jews, that the temple stood in an area of five hundred cubits square. And fifty cubits for the suburbs This likewise bears a suitable proportion to the contents of a square of five hundred cubits. And in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place Both the outward sanctuary and the inward oracle, or holy of... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 45:2
The “sanctuary” here probably means the whole temple precincts.Suburbs - literally, as margin. To mark out more distinctly the sacred precincts, a vacant space of fifty cubits was left on all sides. read more