Ezekiel 41:8

8 I also saw a raised base all around the temple. This base was the foundation for the side rooms. It measured the full length of the measuring rod, 10½ feet.

Ezekiel 41:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 41:8

I saw also the height of the house round about
Not of the temple itself, but of the chambers, and the three stories of them, which went round about it; and particularly the height of the highest storey, which yet is not given: it could not be so high as the temple itself; for then there would have been no room for windows to let in light into it: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great
cubits;
not of the lowest storey of them, for that was but four cubits broad, ( Ezekiel 41:5 ) , nor of the middlemost, which was five; but of the uppermost, which was six; and these were cubits of the largest size, a hand's breadth larger than the common cubit, and made one full reed, or three yards and a half; see ( Ezekiel 40:5 ) , these foundations signify the same as the twelve foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem; and which are no other than the one foundation Christ, ministerially laid by his twelve apostles; and who is the only foundation of his church and people, and is a sure one, ( Revelation 21:14 Revelation 21:19 ) ( Ephesians 2:20 ) ( 1 Corinthians 3:11 ) ( Isaiah 28:16 ) .

Ezekiel 41:8 In-Context

6 The rooms were arranged on three different stories. There were 30 rooms on each story. These rooms had supports all the way around the temple wall, but these supports were not fastened to the temple wall.

7 The side rooms grew wider all the way around as they went up, story after story. The surrounding structure went from story to story all around the temple. The structure grew wider as it went higher. A stairway went from the first story through the second story to the third story.

8 I also saw a raised base all around the temple. This base was the foundation for the side rooms. It measured the full length of the measuring rod, 10½ feet.

9 The outer wall of the side rooms was 9 feet thick. There was an open area between the side rooms connected to the temple

10 and the priests' rooms. It was 35 feet wide and went all around the temple.