Ezekiel 41:4

So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. SO HE MEASURED THE LENGTH THEREOF - of the holy of holies. THE BREADTH, TWENTY CUBITS, BEFORE THE TEMPLE - i:e., before or in front of the most holy place (so "temple" is used in , "the perch before the temple of the house"). The angel went in and measured it, while Ezekiel stood in front, in the only part of the temple accessible to him. The dimensions of the two apartments are the same as in Solomon's temple, since, being fixed originally by God, they are regarded as finally determined....

1-7 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, took Jerusalem, and carried whom and what he pleased away. From this first captivity, most think the seventy years are to be dated. It is the interest of princes to employ wise men; and it is their wisdom to find out and train up such. Nebuchadnezzar ordered that these chosen youths should be taught. All their Hebrew names had something of God in them; but to make them forget the God of their fathers, the Guide of their youth, the heathen gave them names that savoured of idolatry. It is painful to reflect how often public education tends to corrupt the principles and morals....

Verse Ezekiel 41:4. _THE LENGTH THEREOF, TWENTY CUBITS_] This is the measurement of the sanctuary, or holy of holies. See G in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35. This also was the exact measurement of Solomon's temple, see 1 Kings 6:20. This, and the other resemblances here, sufficiently prove that Ezekiel's temple and that of Solomon were on the same plan; and that the latter temple was intended to be an exact resemblance of the former....

THE TEMPLE - here is the holy place as distinguished from the most holy, “the Oracle,” which is “before” the holy place, inwards....

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 LENGTH THEREOF TWENTY CUBITS,.... That is, of the most holy place, from east to west; which was the measure of it in Solomon's temple, 1 Kings 6:20: AND THE BREADTH TWENTY CUBITS BEFORE THE TEMPLE: that is answerable or according to the breadth of the temple or holy place; which was also twenty cubits in breadth: this stood at the west end of it, and was equal in breadth to it; see 1 Kings 6:2: AND HE SAID UNTO ME, THIS IS THE MOST HOLY PLACE; the divine Person in human form said to the prophet, take notice of this building; this answers to the most holy place in the temple. This was an emblem of the most holy and perfect state of the church on earth; it represents the New Jerusalem church state, that holy city, and into which nothing shall enter that de

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)...

EZEKIEL 40:48 TO EZEKIEL 41:4. This consisted of three parts: (_a)_ the porch with a pillar on either side of it reached by a flight of steps (Ezekiel 40:48 f.; in Ezekiel 40:49, for eleven read, with LXX, twelve); (_b)_ the nave or large inner room beyond it (the holy place), whose name, temple, was often applied to the whole structure; (_c_) beyond that the mysterious most holy place (half the length of the holy place), where Yahweh dwells, and only the supernatural guide (but not Ezekiel) is permitted to enter (Ezekiel 41:3 f.).

THE MOST HOLY PLACE. the Holy of Holies....

The most holy place was a square of 20 cubits. _before the temple in front of_. The "temple" is the holy place, 1 Kings 6:3; 1 Kings 6:5....