A wall surrounded the whole temple buildings (Ezekiel 42:20). This wall was a reed broad or thick and a reed high. The reed was six cubits, each cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth, i.e. a handbreadth larger than the lesser cubit in use. This larger cubit was probably about 18 inches, and the reed 9 feet. Others, the Egyp. ell, 20½ in.
by the cubit and Six cubits long, each of one cubit and, &c.
Verse Ezekiel 40:5. _A MEASURING REED OF SIX CUBITS_ LONG] The Hebrew cubit is supposed to be about _twenty and a half_ inches; and a palm, about _three_ inches more; the length of the rod about _ten_...
The boundary wall of the temple-courts. See Plan II. A WALL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE - The wall enclosing the courts in which were the entrance gates. BY THE CUBIT AND AN HAND BREADTH - The Jews f...
Chapter s 40-48. The final nine Chapter s of this book form the climax of the great prophecies of Ezekiel; they belong to the most difficult in the entire prophetic Word. Once more the hand of the Lor...
He is first struck by a thick wall encircling the Temple. Steps led up to the eastern gateway which pierced the wall, and on each side of which were three guard-rooms....
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'...
BY THE CUBIT, AND AN HAND-BREADTH— Each cubit containing a cubit and an hand-breadth, called the great cubit, chap. Ezekiel 41:8 and supposed equal to half a yard. According to Michaelis, the Hebrew m...
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTER COURT AND ITS GATEWAYS 40:5-27 TRANSLATION[502] [502] At this point the American Standard Version of 1901 has been followed with only slight modification. (5) And behold...
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...
THE NEW TEMPLE Ezekiel, transported in vision to Palestine, is set down on the N. side of the Temple mountain, and sees the Temple buildings extending to the S. like a city. A supernatural figure, li...
CUBIT] Yarious sizes of cubit, from 18 in. to nearly 24 in. were employed in ancient measurements. Ezekiel's cubit was one of the larger forms—an ordinary cubit and a handbreadth....
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ ABOUT EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 Terrible events happened in Jerusalem during Ezekiel’s...
Ezekiel saw a wall. It surrounded the entire *temple area. It was strong and well-made. It made the area like a castle. Nobody could enter the *temple except through the gates. Nobody could *worship t...
BY THE CUBIT AND AN HAND BREADTH. — The sense will be more clearly conveyed by reading, “each being a cubit and a hand-breadth,” _i.e.,_ each of the six cubits which made up the reed was an ordinary c...
וְ הִנֵּ֥ה חֹומָ֛ה מִ ח֥וּץ לַ †...
THE IMPORT OF THE VISION WE have now reached the last and in every way the most important section of the book of Ezekiel. The nine concluding Chapter s record what was evidently the crowning experienc...
This final section must be studied in relation to all that has immediately preceded it, wherein the spiritual restoration and cleansing of the people had been foretold. The picture of the restored ord...
Breadth. Hebrew, Chaldean, Septuagint, "of six cubits, in a cubit and a palm;" imitating that the sacred cubit contained six palms, while the common one had only five, (chap. xliii. 13.; Worthington)...
The Reader will form a better calculation of the extent of this wonderful city, by considering what its dimensions were. A cubit for the sanctuary measurement, was one foot and nine inches; and if the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 40, 41, 42, AND 43. The remaining part of the prophecy is the establishment of His sanctuary in the midst of His people. The reader will perceive that we find...
AND BEHOLD, A WALL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE ROUND ABOUT,.... The first thing that presents itself to the view of the prophet, after the sight of the architect or chief builder, is a wall encompassi...
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...
_Behold, there was a man_ The same no doubt that appeared to the prophet, Ezekiel 1:20, (where see the note,) _whose name is the Branch, and who builds the temple of the Lord, Zechariah 6:12_; _whose...
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, enclosing the entire complex of buildings, AND IN THE MAN'S HAND A MEASURING-REED OF SIX CUBITS LONG BY THE CUBIT AND AN HAND BREADTH, or abo...
THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE-BUILDING. The remaining Chapter s of Ezekiel's prophecy give an ideal picture of the spiritual temple of the Lord, of His Church of the New Testament, of his glorious kingdom....
A WALL: this was that outmost wall, which did encompass the whole ground on which the temple stood, and the courts that belonged to the temple; a wall that encompassed the whole Mount Zion, upon whose...
Ezekiel 40:5 wall H2346 around H5439 outside H2351 temple H1004 mans H376 hand H3027 measuring H4060 rod H7070 six...
THE MEASUREMENT OF THE WALL OF THE OUTER COURT. ‘And behold there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six ‘long cubits', being a cubit and a...
THE MEASURING OF THE TEMPLE (EZEKIEL 40:5 TO EZEKIEL 42:20). There follows now the measuring in detail of the temple and the temple area, and we may ask what is the purpose of these detailed measureme...
THE NEW TEMPLE (EZEKIEL 40:1 TO EZEKIEL 48:35). The book of Ezekiel began with a vision of the glory of God and the coming of the heavenly chariot throne of God in order to speak directly to His peopl...
CONTENTS: Vision of the man with the measuring reed. The future temple and its service. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, sons of Zadok. CONCLUSION: A great and beautiful temple, framed in detail in the cou...
Ezekiel 40:1. _In the five and twentieth year of our captivity._ When the pious jews were dispirited, the Lord revived them with the hopes of a better temple than that which Solomon had built. This wh...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 40:1 Vision of Restoration. With the last date in the book appearing at Ezekiel 40:1, Ezekiel arrives at the beginning of the end. The book’s fin
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 40:5 The tour with accompanying measurements begins at the main east entrance. The main units of measurement are given (v. Ezekiel 40:5): the reed
THE IDEAL TEMPLE OF THE FUTURE (Chap. 40) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 40:1. “IN THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH YEAR.” The fiftieth year from the 18th of Josiah, the year of his memorable passover (2 Kings 22:1...
EXPOSITION The magnificent temple-vision, as it is usually styled, a description of which forms the closing section of this book (Ezekiel 40-48.), was the last extended" word" communicated to the prop...
Ezekiel 40:5. _And behold a wall outside the house (viz. the house of God) round about, and in the man's hand a measuring rod of six cubits, by the cubit and an handbreadth;_ (The exact proportions of...
We want to get into the study of Ezekiel tonight, and right off the top I would like to confess to you that of all of the Bible and the passages in the Bible, I understand this the least. I do not pre...
Deuteronomy 3:11; Ezekiel 42:20; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:18; Psalms
A wall — This was that outmost wall, that compassed the whole mount Sion, upon whose top the temple stood. The man's hand — Christ, hath, and keeps the reed in his own hand, as the only fit person to...