Ezechiele 41:5

5 Poi egli misurò il muro della casa, ed era di sei cubiti; e la larghezza di ciascuna pila, ed era di quattro cubiti, d’ogn’intorno della casa.

Ezechiele 41:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 41:5

After he measured the wall of the house six cubits
Or a reed, three yards and a half thick: this was the wall of the holy of holies, or which divided that from the holy place, and was not in the second temple; or rather the wall of the temple, the whole house or building, both of the holy place, and of the most holy, which were contiguous: such a strong wall is the Lord to his church, and especially will be in the latter day, when salvation will be for walls and bulwarks against all enemies, and to preserve from all hurt and danger, ( Isaiah 26:1 ) ( 60:18 ) ( Zechariah 2:5 ) , the New Jerusalem also will have a wall great and high, and made of a precious stone, ( Revelation 21:12 Revelation 21:18 ) : and the breadth of every side chamber four cubits round about the house
on every side;
or, "of every rib" ^F25; as ribs are to the body, so were these side chambers or buildings to the fabric, as Ben Melech observes, who interprets them of beams: adjoining to the above wall were chambers all around the holy place and the most holy on each side, north and south; for there could be none on the east, that being the entrance into the holy, and so into the most holy place; and the floor of these chambers were four cubits, or two yards and a foot broad; that is, those of the lower storey: these were for the priests, where they lodged, and laid up and ate their most holy things, and put their garments in which they ministered; see ( Ezekiel 42:13 Ezekiel 42:14 ) , and design, as the chambers everywhere do, particular congregated churches; where such as are made priests to God by Christ have a place, and communion with God in holy things; and appear in the righteousness of Christ, and in the beauties of holiness.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (eluh) "costae", Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezechiele 41:5 In-Context

3 Poi entrò nella parte interiore, e misurò lo stipite della porta, ed era di due cubiti; e poi la porta, ed era di sei cubiti; ed oltre alla larghezza della porta, vi erano sette cubiti.

4 Poi misurò la lunghezza di questa parte interiore, ed era di venti cubiti; e la larghezza, ed era di venti cubiti, in faccia al Tempio. Poi egli disse: Questo è il Luogo santissimo.

5 Poi egli misurò il muro della casa, ed era di sei cubiti; e la larghezza di ciascuna pila, ed era di quattro cubiti, d’ogn’intorno della casa.

6 E queste pile, accozzando una pila con l’altra, erano di trentatrè piedi; e vi erano delle ritratte nelle pareti di dentro delle pile d’ogn’intorno, per servir di sostegni alle travi, e acciocchè le travi non si attenessero al muro della casa.

7 Or vi era in quelle pile uno spazio, per lo quale si saliva sopra al giro; perciocchè si saliva per una scala a lumaca nella casa d’ogn’intorno; e perciò vi era quello spazio nella casa fino in cima; e così dal solaio da basso si saliva al sommo, per quel di mezzo.