Ezekiel 42:7

7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

Ezekiel 42:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:7

And the wall that was without over against the chambers
This wall separated and distinguished the chambers from the outward court, as well as was a protection of them; and signifies the grace and power of God, which separates his true churches from the world, and is the security of them; (See Gill on Ezekiel 11:5) this was towards the utter court, on the fore part of the chambers;
or front of them, which seems to be to the north of them; since their doors were towards the north, ( Ezekiel 42:4 ) , though Cocceius makes it to be to the west, which better agrees with what follows: the length thereof was fifty cubits;
which answers to the breadth of the chambers, ( Ezekiel 42:2 ) and what is called length here, with respect to the wall, is called the breadth with respect to the chambers. The wall of divine protection is equal to the length and breadth, and even the whole compass, of the churches of Christ.

Ezekiel 42:7 In-Context

5 Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from the others, from the lower ones and from the middle ones.

6 For they were in three stories, but did not have pillars as the pillars of the courts; therefore they were narrower than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.

7 And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the outer court in front of the chambers, was fifty cubits long.

8 For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and before the front of the temple were one hundred cubits.

9 And under these chambers was the entry to the temple on the east side, to enter in to it from the outer court.