Ezekiel 42:2

2 The length of the facade at the north entrance was one hundred fifty feet, its depth seventy-five feet.

Ezekiel 42:2 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:2

Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door
That is, the north door of the house opened to a space that lay between that and the chambers, which was a hundred cubits long: and the breadth was fifty cubits;
or the sense is, that the prophet was brought, as Noldius renders the words ^F20, to a place whose length was an hundred cubits towards the north door;
so that they describe the length and breadth of these chambers, the whole of them; and to this agrees the Arabic version: this account of them makes them larger than Solomon's temple, ( 1 Kings 6:2 ) , which may signify the largeness of these churches; the number of men in them; and the abundance of spiritual blessings and privileges, of light and knowledge, peace and joy, possessed by them: but the measure being oblong, and not foursquare, as the city of the New Jerusalem, ( Revelation 21:16 ) , shows they are not yet come to stability and perfection.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Concord. Ebr. Partic. p. 82.

Ezekiel 42:2 In-Context

1 Then he led me north to the outer courtyard and brought me into the set of chambers opposite the yard and the structure to the north.

2 The length of the facade at the north entrance was one hundred fifty feet, its depth seventy-five feet.

3 It was next to the twenty chambers that belonged to the inner courtyard and next to the pavement of the outer courtyard, and it had three courses of promenades.

4 In front of the chambers there was a passage fifteen feet wide, and to the inside, a passage eighteen inches wide. The entrance to the chambers was on the north.

5 The upper chambers were smaller, because the promenades took up more space from them than from the first and second stories.