Ezekiel 40:31

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....

UTTER COURT - Translate outward court Ezekiel 40:37; Ezekiel 42:1, Ezekiel 42:7, Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:19; Ezekiel 46:20. ARCHES TOWARD THE OUTWARD COURT - See Ezekiel 40:14 note. EIGHT STEPS - So for the east...

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 prophet, and was given him in the five and twentieth year of the Captivity, _i.e. _about B.C. 575. Two years later he received a brief revelation concerning Egypt, which, in compiling his volume, he incorporated with the other prophecies relating to the same subject (Ezekiel 29:17). Of the present oracle as a whole the significance will be best understood when its several parts have been examined in detail. Meanwhile it may suffice to note that it manifestly connects itself with the promise in Ezekiel 37:27,...

AND THE ARCHES THEREOF WERE TOWARD THE OUTWARD COURT,.... And so not within the gate of the inward court, but on the outside of it, towards the outward court, at the front of the gate as you went in: AND PALM TREES WERE UPON THE POSTS THEREOF; of the gate, or of these arches or porticos; signifying that none should enter here but righteous persons; this is the gate of the righteous, Psalms 118:19, Ezekiel 40:16; AND THE GOING UP TO IT HAD EIGHT STEPS; one more than the ascent to the outward gates; some say eight more, and make these to be fifteen, answerable to the fifteen steps by which the Levites went up from the court of the women to the court of Israel n, and sung upon them the fifteen songs of degrees, mentioned in the Psalms: but here are only

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 Lord rests upon the seer and in the visions of God he is brought into the land of Israel. In the very beginning of this grand finale we learn therefore that the visions concern the land of Israel. Let us remember, that after the fall of Jerusalem had been announced to Ezekiel (Ezekiel 33:21), his prophetic utterances and visions concern the future when Israel is to be regathered and restored to the land. The previous two Chapter s dealt with the last invasion of the land of Israel and the complete overthrow of Gog and its hordes. The vision contained in this last section follows after Israel's final deliverance. So much is clear as to the time when the prophecies of these eight Chapter s will b...

From the south gate of the outer court he crosses to another court gateway (reached by a flight of steps) which leads to another court the south gateway of the inner court, which, like that of the outer court, had also guard-rooms on either side; and on the east and north side of the inner court were gateways precisely similar....

UTTER. outer. GOING UP. ascent. EIGHT STEPS. These were in the inner court. See note on "seven", Ezekiel 40:22,...

The inner court and its gateways The measurement of the outer court was finished at the S. gate. Opposite to this was the S. gate of the inner court at a distance of 100 cubits (Ezekiel 40:27), and the measurement of the inner court naturally begins with the S. gate. The gates of the inner court were similar in all respects to those of the outer court, except that in the former the "porch" lay at the outer end of the gateway, looking into the outer court (Ezekiel 40:31_; Ezekiel 40:34; Ezekiel 40:37_)....

C. The Inner Court and Its Gateways 40:28-47 TRANSLATION (28) Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; (29) and the lodges thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and the arches thereof round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad. (30) And there were arches round about, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad. (31) And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps. (32) And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures; (33) and the lodges thereof and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about; it...

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, like those in Ezekiel 9, appears, and measures the various parts of the Temple in Ezekiel's presence (Ezekiel 40:1). _(A) THE OUTER COURT AND ITS GATEWAYS (EZEKIEL 40:5)_ The Outer Eastern Gateway (Ezekiel 40:5), Fig. 3, _E._ For the following details see Fig. 1. The outer boundary of the Temple was a wall 6 cubits thick and 6 cubits high ...