CHAPTER XL _The prophecy or vision, which begins here, continues to the end_ _of the Book. The Temple of Jerusalem lying in ruins when_ _Ezekiel had this vision, (for its date as the_ fourteenth _year_ _after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar,) the Jews_ _needed consolation. If the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:2. _SET ME UPON A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN_] Mount _Moriah_, the mount on which Solomon's temple was built, 2 Chronicles 3:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:3. _A MAN, WHOSE APPEARANCE_ WAS _LIKE - BRASS_] Like _bright_ _polished brass_, which strongly reflected the rays of light. Probably he had what we would term a _nimbus_ or _glory_ round his head. This was either an _angel_; or, as some think, a personal appearance of our blessed L... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:4. _DECLARE ALL THAT THOU SEEST TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL_] That they may know how to build the second temple, when they shall be restored from their captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
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_ feet _six_ inches. _THE BREADTH-ONE REED; AND THE HEIGHT, ONE REED._] As this _wall_ was as _broad... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:6. _WENT UP THE STAIRS THEREOF_] As the temple was built upon an eminence, there must have been steps on the outside, opposite to each door, to ascend by. And it appears there were _steps_ to go up from _one court_ to _another_, see Ezekiel 40:22; Ezekiel 40:26; Ezekiel 40:34; Ezek... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:7. _AND_ EVERY _LITTLE CHAMBER_ WAS _ONE REED_] These were the chambers of the buildings which were within the inclosure of the temple round the court, and these chambers appear to have been numerous. See the map, which has been carefully copied from that of _Calmet_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:9. _THE PORCH OF THE GATE_] See account of the _gates_ in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:15. _FIFTY CUBITS._] The length of the building. See MMMMM in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:17. _THE OUTWARD COURT_] This was the court of the people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:21. _AND THE LITTLE CHAMBERS THEREOF_ WERE _THREE, C._] See the plan. Ezekiel 48:35. _ARCHES_] Porch. The arch was not known at this period.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:24. _ACCORDING TO THESE MEASURES._] The same measures that had been used at the eastern court.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:30. _AND THE ARCHES ROUND ABOUT_ WERE _FIVE AND TWENTY CUBITS_ _LONG_] That the _five cubits broad_ should be _read twenty-five_ is evident from Ezekiel 40:21; Ezekiel 40:25; Ezekiel 40:29; Ezekiel 40:33; Ezekiel 40:36, The word ועשרים _veesrim, twenty_, has probably been lost out... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:39. _THE PORCH OF THE GATE_] The north gate of the court of the priests. See Q in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35. _TWO TABLES_] Some say of _marble_. See _dddd_ in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:41. _FOUR TABLES_] These were in the porch of the north gate, in the court of the priests: on them they slew, flayed, and cut up the victims. See _dddd_ in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:47. _HE MEASURED THE COURT_] This was the court of the priests. See FFF in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35, Ezekiel 48:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 40:48. _BREADTH OF THE GATE_] It is evident that the gate was a bivalve, or had folding doors. The length of the porch was _twenty_ cubits. _Josephus_ says the vestibule was _twenty_ cubits long and _ten_ broad. Antiq. lib. viii. 3, 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 49. _BY THE STEPS_] This was a flight of steps that led to the temple; there were _eight_ steps in each flight. See YY in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35.... [ Continue Reading ]