Ezekiel 40:12

12 And a wall {was before} the alcoves; {one cubit on either side} [was the] wall from here. And the alcove {was six cubits on each side}.

Ezekiel 40:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:12

The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on
this side
Or, "a border" ^F1 of half a yard and three inches to the front of the chambers; where those that belonged to them might walk, or have seats to sit on; such a space there was before the three little chambers on the north side of the porch: and the space was one cubit on that side:
a space or border of the same measure was to the front of the three little chambers on the south side of the porch: this may denote the Christian liberty of the members of Gospel churches; which they may use without any breach of piety towards God, or of charity one to another: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on
that side;
they were of the same measure, those on one side, as those of the other, even six cubits square; or one reed, which is the same; see ( Ezekiel 40:7 ) , (See Gill on Ezekiel 40:7).

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (lwbg) "terminus", Munster, Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Ezekiel 40:12 In-Context

10 And the alcoves of the gate [toward] the way {eastward} [were] {three on each side}; {the same measurements applied to all three of them}; and {the same measurement applied to the pilaster} {on each side}.

11 And he measured the width of the doorway of the gate [as] ten cubits and the length of the gateway [was] thirteen cubits.

12 And a wall {was before} the alcoves; {one cubit on either side} [was the] wall from here. And the alcove {was six cubits on each side}.

13 And he measured the gate from the top slab of the alcove to its [opposite] top slab [as] twenty-five cubits [in] width, {from one entrance to the other one opposite it}.

14 And he made [the] pilasters sixty cubits, and to the pilaster of the courtyard {all the way around the gate}.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "guard wall"; others prefer "curb" (NLT)
• [b] Literally "[was] to the face of"
• [c] That is, about 18 inches
• [d] Literally "cubit one and cubit one"; or 21 inches
• [e] Or "from the front"
• [f] That is, 10.5 feet
• [g] Literally "[was] six cubits from here and six cubits from here"