The length thereof ninety cubits - The temple, with the buildings which surrounded it, was eighty-one cubits long; add ten cubits for the vestibule, or five for the breadth of the separate place, and five for its wall; in all, ninety cubits. See the plan, LHIL. By the separate place I suppose the temple itself is meant. read more
The temple. הַהֵיכָל frequently applied to the whole building ( 2 Kings 24:13 ; 2 Chronicles 3:17 ; Jeremiah 1:1-19 :28; Haggai 2:15 ; Zechariah 6:14 , Zechariah 6:15 ), is here used of the nave of the temple, the holy place, as distinguished from the holy of holies. Schroder alone of commentators holds by the extended meaning. The measuring began from the east wall of the holy place. The posts ( אֵילִים ), as in Ezekiel 40:9 , the corner pillars on each side of the... read more
The new temple. Ezekiel is a priest ( Ezekiel 1:3 ). It is natural that his thoughts should run on the lines of his professional occupations, and travel to the familiar haunts of his old life. Thus we find that with him the picture of the restoration centers in a glorified temple, just as to Isaiah the statesman of war-times it appears as an era of unparalleled peace ( Isaiah 11:6 ), and as to Daniel the minister of a foreign court it appears as a kingdom conquering the great... read more
The breadth of the door , i.e. of the opening from the porch, was ten cubits ; whereas the door into the porch was eleven cubits ( Ezekiel 40:49 ). This would have the effect of rendering the door into the holy place more conspicuous. The sides (or, shoulders ) of the door —according to Kliefoth, "the side walls," from the door to the corner pillars; according to Keil, the shoulders lay behind the pillars—were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other ; i.e. ... read more
Then went he inward ; i.e. into the most holy place. As this could not be entered even by a priest, but only by the high priest once a year ( Exodus 30:10 ; Le Exodus 16:17 ; Hebrews 9:7 ), Ezekiel was left without, while "the man" announced to him in succession the measurements of the adytum , as these were taken. First, that of the post of the door (the singular for the plural, meaning the post on either side of the doorway) two cubits . Next, that of the door itself, which... read more
The holy of holies was an exact square of twenty cubits, as in the temple of Solomon ( 1 Kings 6:20 ), and to the measuring-man, who had turned himself round, lay along the whole breadth of the temple or holy place. read more
The most holy place. Holiness is an idea which admits of gradual precision and elevation. There is a very simple and primitive meaning of the term, which it would ill become us to despise and ridicule, inasmuch as it was preliminary and preparatory to a more spiritual conception. At the same time, we should do discredit to our Christian training did we not strive to rise to a higher and nobler conception of holiness than that which obtained among, and was sufficient for, a people in an... read more
Sacred places. "This is the most holy place." There has always dwelt in the minds of men a feeling that some places are peculiarly sacred. Unfortunately, there has been no small amount of superstition connected with this feeling, which should be discouraged in others and should be resisted in our own ease. We should strongly insist upon the truth, and carefully cultivate the conviction, that if some places have a peculiar sanctity, it is that "ever, place may be holy ground " to us; that... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:11
And the doors - See the plan, aa. bb. read more