Ezekiel 41:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The length thereof; of the oracle, or holy of holies. It was an exact square, as was Solomon s, 1 Kings 6:20. Before the temple; parallel with the breadth of the temple. He said unto me; the prophet was commanded to hear, and now he shows us his attention. This is the most holy place, as having the tokens of God's more especial presence, in that the mercy-seat and propitiatory were there, so called Numbers 7:89; it was called also the oracle, 1 Kings 6:16, and the inner house, Ezekiel 41:15,17.

Ezekiel 41:4

4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.