John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 42:8
For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits ,.... Which was the reason why the wall was of the same length, that it might be answerable to them; here length is put for breadth; see Ezekiel 42:2 , this measure was from the north to south, as Lipman F24 Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 71. observes: and lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits ; as the breadth of the wall and chambers was fifty, so in length, as they were over against the temple,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 42:1-14
The prophet has taken a very exact view of the temple and the buildings belonging to it, and is now brought again into the outer court, to observe the chambers that were in that square. I. Here is a description of these chambers, which (as that which went before) seems to us very perplexed and intricate, through our unacquaintedness with the Hebrew language and the rules of architecture at that time. We shall only observe, in general, 1. That about the temple, which was the place of public... read more