_Then he brought me forth into the outer court_ Outer with respect to the temple itself, or the outer part of the court, which court was that of the priests, as appears from what follows. _Into the chamber that was over against the separate place Chamber_ is put for _chambers. Before the length, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now the upper chambers were shorter_, &c. The two upper stories had balconies standing out of them, the breadth of which was taken out of the rooms themselves, and made them so much the narrower, because the weight of the balconies was not supported by pillars, as the rooms over the cloisters were,... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the length of the chambers_, &c. The chambers that were built over the cloisters were in length fifty cubits. _And lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits_ In passing from the north to the south side of the temple, Ezekiel 42:11, over the space of ground that fronted the east side of it, th... [ Continue Reading ]
_The north chambers, and the south chambers_ Namely, those described in the foregoing part of the chapter; _they be holy chambers, where the priests shall eat the most holy things_ The show- bread, the remainder of the meat-offering, sin-offering, and trespass- offering, are expressly called the _mo... [ Continue Reading ]
_When he had made an end of measuring the inner house_ The inner house denotes the temple, distinguished from the courts about it; _he measured the east side_, &c. This and the following verses contain the measures of the holy mountain, or area, upon which the temple stood, and which is described to... [ Continue Reading ]
_It had a wall round about_ To defend it from being invaded or profaned. Such a square wall as is here described, seems only capable of a mystical sense and interpretation. _To make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place_ Between that compass of ground which was included in the pre... [ Continue Reading ]