John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:23
And the gate of the inward court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east ,.... Or, "and as to the east" F8 ולקדים . ; that is, the north gate of the inner court was directly opposite to the north gate of the outward court; just as the eastern gate of the inward court was in a straight line opposite to the eastern gate of the outward court: and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits ; from the north gate of the outward court to the north gate of... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5-26
The measuring-reed which was in the hand of the surveyor-general was mentioned before, Ezek. 40:3. Here we are told (Ezek. 40:5) what was the exact length of it, which must be observed, because the house was measured by it. It was six cubits long, reckoning, not by the common cubit, but the cubit of the sanctuary, the sacred cubit, by which it was fit that this holy house should be measured, and that was a hand-breadth (that it, four inches) longer than the common cubit: the common cubit was... read more