|<< Ezekiel 41 >>| Barnes' Notes on the Bible The temple Ezekiel
41:1-11. See Plan I. 1Afterward he brought me to the temple, and
measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six
cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the
tabernacle. The Temple - Properly the holy place (a), as
distinguished from the porch (G) and the holy of holies (B) 1
Kings 6:17; 1 Kings 7:50. The posts - The outer wall of the
temple was six cubits thick Ezekiel 41:5. The eastern posts of
this wall forming part of the front of the temple were
ornamented with pillars, six cubits on each side. He measured
the breadth - This breadth was twenty cubits Ezekiel 41:2. Omit
"which was." "tabernacle" is here the interior (the covered
portion) of the temple. 2And the breadth of the door was ten
cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one
side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the
length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
The measurements are internal, the same as