“ He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. ”
The Precincts. The temple and its courts were surrounded by an area of exact dimensions 3,000 cubits (1,500 yards) square. See Plan IV. Ezekiel 42:15 The inner house - The temple and its co...
The description of the Temple concludes with a summary of the principal measurements, according to which the whole enclosure is 500 cubits ( i.e. 750 feet) square. According to Ezekiel 48:12 , the...
side . wind. Hebrew. ruach , App-9 reeds. See App-51.
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. No JFB commentary on these verses.
The New Temple Ezekiel, transported in vision to Palestine, is set down on the N. side of the Temple mountain, and sees the Temple buildings extending to the S. like a city. A supernatural figure,...
THE SANCTUARY THE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah's palace, whe...
The next section of description deals with the general scheme of buildings surrounding the Temple proper. On the north and south sides were chambers, which are described. These were the holy chambers...
There is somewhat particularly striking in the account here given of the holy chambers, and the uses intended for them. In the Hebrew the expression is beautiful; they are the holinesses of holinesse...
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds ,.... From the two angles of that side, east and west; and it amounted to just the same number of reeds, even five hundred reeds, or one thousand seven...
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. Ver. 18. He measured the north side, five hundred reeds. ] To show that many should come from all coasts and quarters to si...
The Vision of the Temple. B. C. 574. 15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the i...
No text from Poole on this verse.
The External Dimensions of the Temple Area ( Ezekiel 42:15-20 ). ‘Now when he had finished measuring the inner house he brought me out by way of the gate whose prospect is towards the east, and me...
THE CHAMBERS OF THE PRIESTS. (Chap. 42) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 42:1 . “Into the chamber” —to the chambers; the Hebrew is a collective noun. “The building towards the north.” The direction in...
Ezekiel 42:4 . Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits. This chapter describes the rows of chambers as a hundred cubits long, and an entrance of one cubit on each side, which make the way two...
EXPOSITION This chapter furnishes a brief account of the priests' chambers in the outer court ( Ezekiel 42:1-26 ), and a detailed measurement of the temple precincts ( Ezekiel 42:15-26 ). Eze...
The Outside Measurements
Ezekiel 42:18