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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 41:1-11

We are still attending a prophet that is under the guidance of an angel, and therefore attend with reverence, though we are often at a loss to know both what this is and what it is to us. Observe here, 1. After the prophet had observed the courts he was at length brought to the temple, Ezek. 41:1. If we diligently attend to the instructions given us in the plainer parts of religion, and profit by them, we shall be led further into an acquaintance with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:2

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits ,.... The temple door: great care is taken to observe and give the dimensions of the doors and gates of various places; to put us in mind of Christ the door and gate into the church, and into fellowship with God: this was as broad again as the door of Solomon's temple; for that was but the fourth part of the wall of it, five cubits, 1 Kings 6:1 , and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:3

Then went he inward ,.... Through the temple or holy place he had measured, to the holy of holies: and measured the post of the door two cubits ; this was the door into the most holy place; there was one in Solomon's temple; but in the second temple there was none; but two rails instead of it, which were rent at the death of Christ; and two cubits was the thickness of the post, on which this door was shut: and the door six cubits, and the breadth of the door seven cubits ; this door... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:2

The breadth of the door - This was the door, or gate, of the sanctuary, (see gates 3, in the plan), and this doorway was filled up with folding gates. The measurements are exactly the same as those of Solomon's temple. See 1 Kings 6:2 , 1 Kings 6:17 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:2

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:3

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:2

The measurements are internal, the same as in the Temple of Solomon. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:3

Went he inward - Toward the holy of holies. It is not said, “he brought me in,” but “he went in,” because the holy of holies was not to be entered even by a priest like Ezekiel, but only by the high priest once a year. So the “angel” enters and announces: the measurements.The post of the door - On either side of the entrance was a pillar, the two together making up two cubits. The first measurement of the door was from “post to post,” six cubits; and the second measurement, the “breadth of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 41:1-2

Ezekiel 41:1-2. Afterward he brought me to the temple “After having described the courts and the porch, the prophet enters into the temple, properly so called, whereof he gives the dimensions and description.” And he measured the posts By the posts are meant the door-cases on each side of the entrance. These were six cubits thick on the north and south sides; which was the breadth of the tabernacle These walls, in their thickness, took up as much space as the whole breadth of Moses’s... read more

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