Ezekiel 41:13

Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. Sum of the measures of the temple, and of the buildings behind and on the side of it Verse 15. THE GALLERIES - terrace buildings. On the west or back of the temple there was a separate place occupied by buildings of the same external dimensions as the temple - i:e., one hundred cubits square in the entire compass (Fairbairn)....

8-16 The interest we think we make for ourselves, we must acknowledge to be God's gift. Daniel was still firm to his religion. Whatever they called him, he still held fast the spirit of an Israelite. These youths scrupled concerning the meat, lest it should be sinful. When God's people are in Babylon they need take special care that they partake not of her sins. It is much to the praise of young people, not to covet or seek the delights of sense. Those who would excel in wisdom and piety, must learn betimes to keep the body under. Daniel avoided defiling himself with sin; and we should more fear that than any outward trouble. It is easier to keep temptation at a distance, than to resist it when near. And we cannot better improve our interest in any with whom we have found favour, than to use it to keep us from sin. People will not believe the benefit of avoiding excess, and of a spare d...

Verse Ezekiel 41:13. _SO HE MEASURED THE HOUSE_] The temple, taken from the wall which encompassed it from the western side to the vestibule, was _one hundred and one_ cubits; _five_ for the separate place, _nine_ for the wall and the chambers attached to the temple, _sixty_ for the sanctuary and the holy place, _ten_ for the vestibule, and _twelve_ for the two great walls on the west and east of the temple; in all, _one hundred and one cubits_, See the plan, GHI. Ezekiel 48:35....

EXPOSITION The present chapter continues the description of "the house," and falls into four subdivisions. (1) The interior of the temple, or the holy and most holy places (Ezekiel 41:1); (2) the wall and the side buildings (Ezekiel 41:5); (3) the _gizrah_, or separate place (Ezekiel 41:12); (4) the projecting portions of the temple building (Ezekiel 41:15). EZEKIEL 41:1 The interior of the

SO HE MEASURED THE HOUSE, AN HUNDRED CUBITS LONG,.... The whole temple, the parts of which he had measured; and this is the sum total: AND THE SEPARATE PLACE, AND THE BUILDING, WITH THE WALLS THEREOF, AN HUNDRED CUBITS LONG; these are the several parts of the house or temple: the "separate place", the holy of holies, the building, the sanctuary or holy place; which, with the walls thereof, made a hundred cubits in length from east to west, thus; the thickness of the wall of the east porch, six cubits; the passage through the porch, eleven cubits; the wall between the porch and the temple, six cubits; the temple or holy place, forty cubits; the wall between that and the most holy place, two cubits; the holiest of all, twenty cubits; the thickness of the west wall, six cubits; the chambers at the end of it, four cubits; and the outer wall of them, five cubits; in all a hundred cubits: for...

CHAPTER 41 _ 1. The holy place (Ezekiel 41:1) _ 2. The most holy (Ezekiel 41:3) 3. The side chambers (Ezekiel 41:5) 4. The hinder buildings and the measurement (Ezekiel 41:12) 5. Description of the interior of the temple (Ezekiel 41:15)...

Behind the Temple, at the extreme west of the whole area enclosed by the wall, was a large building, the purpose of which is not given it may have been used for storage. The Temple building, with the ground immediately surrounding it, was 100 cubits (about 150 feet) square....

Two measurements of 100 cubits E. to W _house an hundred cubits long_ namely, 5 (wall of porch, Ezekiel 40:48) + 12 (porch, Ezekiel 40:49) + 6 (wall of holy place, Ezekiel 41:1) + 40 (length of holy place, Ezekiel 41:2) + 2 (wall of holiest, Ezekiel 41:3) + 20 (length of holiest, Ezekiel 41:4) + 6 (wall of house, Ezekiel 41:5) + 4 (side-chambers,...

D. The Sacred House 40:48-41:26 TRANSLATION (48)Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side, and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. (49) The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went Up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. (1) And he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. (2) And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits. (3) The...

The Holy Place (Ezekiel 41:1), Fig. 2, _B._ This was the 'temple' strictly so called. The posts of its doorway were 6 cubits across (_cd_). The entrance was 10 cubits wide (_cc, dd_), and the sidewalls (_id, di_) were of 5 cubits each. The apartment itself was 40 cubits long and 20 cubits broad....