the door: or, the entrance, This was the door out of the porch into the sanctuary, which seems to have been wider than that from the court to the porch. Exodus 26:36, Exodus 36:37, 1 Kings 6:31-Habakkuk :, 2 Chronicles 3:7, 2 Chronicles 29:7, John 10:7, John 10:9 the length: 1 Kings 6:2, 1 Kings 6:17, 2 Chronicles 3:3 Reciprocal: Ezekiel 41:3 - two cubits Ezekiel 42:15 - measuring Ezekiel 47:1 - the door read more
1-4. The word temple (Ezekiel 41:1) seems to be used for the “holy place” (nave) as distinguished from the “holy of holies” (Ezekiel 41:3-4). Tabernacle LXX., posts. The minute way in which every dimension is given proves its importance as embodying significant religious teaching. The holy place forty by twenty sacred cubits and the Holy of Holies a perfect square, or cube (see 1 Kings 6:20), twenty by twenty sacred cubits were of the same dimensions as in Solomon’s temple. Click image... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 41:2
Eze 41:2 And the breadth of the door [was] ten cubits; and the sides of the door [were] five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. Ver. 2. And he measured the length thereof, ] i.e., Not of the door, as Jerome would have it; but of the temple, the body and basilic thereof, called "the first sanctuary" Heb 9:2 Forty cubits. ] This noteth, say some, the longsuffering and patience of the... read more