Both it and its vestibule had windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
The measuring-reed which was in the hand of the surveyor-general was mentioned before, Eze 40:3. Here we are told (Eze 40:5) what was the exact length of it, which must be observed, because the house was measured by it. It was six cubits long, reckoning, not by the common cubit, but the cubit of the sanctuary, the sacred cubit, by which it was fit that...
Commenting on Ezekiel 40:5-26
And there were seven steps to go up to it,.... To the south gate, as there were to the east and north gates, Eze 40:6, and the arches thereof were before them; See Gill on Eze 40:22, and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof; that is, on the posts of this gate were palm...
Eze 40:20-27 The North Gate and the South Gate of the Outer Court (1 Plate I A) The description of these two gate-buildings is very brief, only the principal portions being mentioned, coupled with the remark that they resembled those of the east gate. The following is the description of the north gate. - Eze 40:20.
Commenting on Ezekiel 40:20-27