John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:24
After that he brought me toward the south ,.... Having taken the dimensions of the east and north gates, the prophet was had on the south side of the building: and behold a gate toward the south ; that led to the southern part of this fabric, and to the outward court there, exactly like the other two; there was no difference in them, which raised the prophet's wonder and attention; for, as Lipman F11 Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 17. says, there was no outward court in the second... 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