Ezekiel 40:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

behold. Figure of speech Asteriamos. App-6,

on the: or, went on.

the house: i.e. the Temple.

cubits. See App-51.,

he measured. In Blithe measurements the unit is one-seventh longer than Solomon's Temple, pointing to the eighth, the day of God. Seven speaks of completion. Eight speaks of. new beginning (see App-10). In "the day of God" all things will be new.

building: i.e. the wall and its contents.

Ezekiel 40:5

5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.