Ezekiel 40:5 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5

And behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about ,.... The first thing that presents itself to the view of the prophet, after the sight of the architect or chief builder, is a wall encompassing this strange and wondrous building; which was like the frame of a city, as before observed: this wall was five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad; see Ezekiel 42:20 , now this wall was both for separation and protection; that it was for separation is certain from Ezekiel 42:20 ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 40:5

A measuring reed of six cubits long - The Hebrew cubit is supposed to be about twenty and a half inches; and a palm, about three inches more; the length of the rod about ten feet six inches. The breadth - one reed; and the height, one reed - As this wall was as broad as it was high, it must have been a kind of parapet, which was carried, of the same dimensions, all round the temple. See AAAA in the plan. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-49

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5

The enclosing wall . And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about. The "house"— הַבַּיִת with the article—was the temple as the dwelling-place of Jehovah; only not the temple proper, but the whole complex structure. The "wall" belonged to the outer court; that of the inner court being afterwards mentioned ( Ezekiel 42:7 ). In having a "wall round about" Jehovah's sanctuary resembled both Greek and Babylonian shrines (see Herod; 1.18; ' Records of the Past,' vol.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5-27

The outer court , with its gates and chambers: read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5-27

God's kingdom divinely organized. It is no part of God's procedure to provide a sketch-plan for his kingdom and allow others to supply the details. In the kingdom of material nature his matchless wisdom has designed the minutest parts. In the construction of the human body he has taken care to do the best in the articulation of every joint—in the interaction of the most delicate organ. So in the building of his spiritual kingdom he has laid down all the essential principles that are to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 40:5

The boundary wall of the temple-courts. See Plan II.A wall on the outside of the house - The wall enclosing the courts in which were the entrance gates.By the cubit and an hand breadth - The Jews first used a cubit of fifteen inches, applying it principally to the vessels and furniture of the temple; next a cubit of eighteen inches (“a hand-breadth” longer than the former cubit); and lastly, after the captivity, the Babylonian cubit of twenty-one inches (a “hand-breadth” more). In the temple... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 40:3-5

Ezekiel 40:3-5. Behold, there was a man The same no doubt that appeared to the prophet, Ezekiel 1:20, (where see the note,) whose name is the Branch, and who builds the temple of the Lord, Zechariah 6:12-13; whose appearance was like the appearance of brass Bright and sparkling, Revelation 1:15. With a line of flax in his hand The use of the line was to measure the land of Israel, and of the reed to take the dimensions of the buildings in and about the temple; as also to set out... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-47

Click image for full-size version40:1-48:35 THE NEW AGEIn this the final section of his book, Ezekiel adds to the picture he has already given of Israel’s restoration to the land and the golden age that will follow. He has already dealt at length with the return to the land; now he deals with matters relating to the people’s way of life within the land. In particular he deals with the temple and the city.Although the blessings outlined by Ezekiel were intended for restored Israel, the nation... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 40:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-49

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 40:5-27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 40:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 40:3-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 40:1-47

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