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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12-26

Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Ezek. 41:12), which is here measured, and compared (Ezek. 41:13) with the measure of the house, and appears to be of equal dimensions with it. This stood in a court by itself, which is measured (Ezek. 41:15) and its galleries, or chambers belonging to it, its posts and windows, and the ornaments of them, Ezek. 41:15-17. But what use was to be made of this other... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:13

So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long ,.... The whole temple, the parts of which he had measured; and this is the sum total: and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long ; these are the several parts of the house or temple: the "separate place", the holy of holies, the building, the sanctuary or holy place; which, with the walls thereof, made a hundred cubits in length from east to west, thus; the thickness of the wall of the east... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:14

Also the breadth of the face of the house, and the separate place toward the east ,.... The whole front of the temple, the holy and most holy place, which looked to the east: and was measured from north to south, an hundred cubits : which some reckon thus; the breadth of the temple twenty cubits; the thickness of the outward walls, twelve cubits; the side chambers, eight cubits; the walls of these chambers, five cubits on each side: the breadth of the void space, five cubits on each... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:15

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place ,.... Which was ninety cubits, as appears from Ezekiel 41:12 , when measured by itself: which was behind it ; that is, behind the separate place, or holiest of all, at the back of it, at the west end. Noldius F7 Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 104. No. 521. renders the words, "he measured the length of the building before the separate place, and behind it"; or its back part, as the Syriac, and interprets it thus;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:12

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:13

So he measured the house - The temple, taken from the wall which encompassed it from the western side to the vestibule, was one hundred and one cubits; five for the separate place, nine for the wall and the chambers attached to the temple, sixty for the sanctuary and the holy place, ten for the vestibule, and twelve for the two great walls on the west and east of the temple; in all, one hundred and one cubits, See the plan, GHI. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:14

The breadth of the face of the house - That is, the front. See the plan, FRR. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12

The building that was before the separate place. The word הַגּזְרָה , occurring only in this chapter, and translated "separate place," is derived from a root signifying to "cut off ," and here denotes a space behind the temple on the west, which was marked off from the rest of the ground on which the temple with its courts and chambers stood, and devoted most likely to less sacred purposes. Behind Solomon's temple lay a similar space ( 2 Kings 23:11 ; 1 Chronicles 26:18 ), with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12

Solidity. "The wall of the building was five cubits thick." This suggests a solid structure. I. THE STRUCTURE OF SALVATION IS SOLID . The temple was strong as a castle. Indeed, it was used as a fortress in the time of the Roman siege of Jerusalem, and was the last part of the city to yield to the foe. The Church of God is better than an ark on the waters; it is a mighty fortress, built upon a strong foundation, and strongly protected by the presence of God. We need not fear... read more

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