Ezekiel 40:5

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 there unless they went through the gates. Some people think that there are many ways to God. In other words, they want to *worship God in whatever manner pleases them. But people can only *worship God in the manner that pleases him.

The *angel’s measuring stick was like a long ruler. Ezekiel saw that the stick used the royal measurements. These measurements were longer than normal measurements. So the standard for this *temple was not the ordinary human standards. This *temple was a royal building because it was the house of God. And God is the king of kings.

A normal *cubit was about 18 inches (0.45 metres). The measuring stick was 10½ feet long (3.2 metres). In this Commentary, we will not provide a list of the modern measurements for everything that Ezekiel saw. But you can find this information in Ian Mackervoy’s EasyEnglish Commentary on Ezekiel.