Ezekiel 41:15 - Exposition

With this verse begins a summary of measurements of which some have been already given, while others are new. Starting from the gizrah, or separate place, this summary mentions that the "man" measured

The length of the separate place is not stated, that having been already done ( Ezekiel 41:13 ). The length of the galleries is specified as a hundred cubits, which shows they extended along the whole side of the building. As for the nature of these "galleries," or אַתִּקִים , nothing can be ascertained from the derivation of the word. The LXX . renders it in this verse by ἀπόλοιπα ("things left over"), in Ezekiel 42:3 , Ezekiel 42:5 by περίσυλα and στοαί : the Vulgate has hero ethecas , the Hebrew Latinized, and in Ezekiel 42:1-20 . portions . The ethekim were most likely passages or perches running along both (north and south) sides of the building, and supported either by pillars or ledges in the wall. The inner temple, which was measured, was the "house" which stood between the gizrah and the inner court; the porches of the court were the gate buildings in the inner and outer courts. Of all these the dimensions have already been reported, and are not again rehearsed.