Ezekiel 40:28-37

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

And he measured the south gate according to these measures - namely, the measures of the outer gate. The figure and proportions of the inner answered to the outer.

Verse 30. And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. This verse is omitted in the Septuagint, the Vatican manuscript, and others. The dimensions here of the inner gate do not correspond to the outer, though Ezekiel 40:28 asserts that they do. Havernick, retaining the verse, understands it of another porch looking inward toward the temple.

Arches - `the porch' (Fairbairn). The columns on which the arches rest (Henderson).

Verse 31. The going up to it had eight steps - the outer porch had only seven (Ezekiel 40:26).

Verse 37. The posts thereof were toward the outer court - "the posts" [ wª'eeylaayw (H352)]. The Septuagint and the Vulgate read [wªeelamaaw] 'the porch,' which answers better to Ezekiel 40:31; Ezekiel 40:34. "The arches" or 'porch' (Maurer).