The Vestibule for the Sanctuary.
‘And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits broad, foursquare, and the altar was before the house.'
The inner court was foursquare and attention is drawn to the fact. This was regularly a symbol of perfection. Compare Exodus 26; 1 Kings 6:20 where the holiest of all was a perfect cube; and the new Jerusalem in Revelation 21:16 which ‘lay foursquare'. (See also the two altars and the breastplate in Exodus 27:1; Exodus 28:16; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 37:25; Exodus 38:1; Exodus 39:9). In the middle of the inner court was the altar, in front of ‘the house', that is the sanctuary. But it is noteworthy that the altar is not measured. This fact is quite striking. It has a unique significance as denoted in Ezekiel 43:13-27.