Ezekiel 41:2

2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits, ^[a] and the sides of the entrance were five cubits ^[b] on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits. ^[c]

Ezekiel 41:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 41:2

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits
The temple door: great care is taken to observe and give the dimensions of the doors and gates of various places; to put us in mind of Christ the door and gate into the church, and into fellowship with God: this was as broad again as the door of Solomon's temple; for that was but the fourth part of the wall of it, five cubits, ( 1 Kings 6:1 1 Kings 6:33 ) : and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five
cubits on the other side;
the side walls of the door, both on the north and south, were five cubits each; which, with the ten, the breadth of the door, made twenty; and is just the breadth of the temple or holy place afterwards given: and he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty
cubits;
that is, the length of the temple from east to west, and the breadth of it from north to south, were of this measure; which exactly answers to the dimensions of Solomon's temple, a figure of the Gospel church, as this; see ( 1 Kings 6:2 1 Kings 6:17 ) .

Ezekiel 41:2 In-Context

1 Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.

2 The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.

3 And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.

4 Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place. ”

5 Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.

Footnotes

• [a]. 10 (long) cubits is approximately 17.5 feet or 5.3 meters.
• [b]. 5 (long) cubits is approximately 8.75 feet or 2.7 meters; also in verses 9, 11, and 12.
• [c]. The outer sanctuary was approximately 70 feet long and 35 feet wide (21.3 meters long and 10.7 meters wide).