Ezekiel 40:20-23 - Exposition

The north gate . This was in all respects similar to that upon the east, though its description proceeds in the reverse order, beginning with the three "chambers," or lodges, on each side of the footway ( Ezekiel 40:21 ), going on to the "posts," "arches," and "windows," and ending with the outside steps, seven in number ( Ezekiel 40:22 ), which are here first mentioned in connection with the gates. Its dimensions were the same as those of the "first" gate, fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits broad. It stood exactly in front of a corresponding gate into the inner court, and the distance between the two gates was, as before, a hundred cubits.