Hesekiel 41:15

15 Und er maß die Länge des Gebäudes am Hofraum, welches hinter ihm liegt, mit seinen Umgängen von der Seite bis zur andern hundert Ellen, und den innern Tempel und die Hallen im Vorhofe{~}

Hesekiel 41:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 41:15

And he measured the length of the building over against the
separate place
Which was ninety cubits, as appears from ( Ezekiel 41:12 ) , when measured by itself: which was behind it;
that is, behind the separate place, or holiest of all, at the back of it, at the west end. Noldius ^F7 renders the words, "he measured the length of the building before the separate place, and behind it"; or its back part, as the Syriac, and interprets it thus; that he measured the building or the porch which was before the temple, that is to the north; and the porch opposite to it, that is to the south: this "building" behind it, with the Jews ^F8, is the same with Bethchaliphoth ^F9, or the house of knives, which the priests used in sacrificing: and the galleries thereof on the one side, and on the other side, an
hundred cubits;
as the above is the length of this building from east to west, this is the breadth of it from north to south; the breadth of the building itself was seventy cubits, ( Ezekiel 41:12 ) , and the galleries on the north and south sides of it, and the thickness of the walls, which were five cubits each, made thirty more; in all a hundred cubits; which is equal to the breadth of the temple, as in the preceding verse: these galleries, or balconies, or porticos, supported by pilasters, design places for the saints to walk in, converse, and commune with one another; and where Christ the King of saints is held forth, and seen in his beauty and glory; see ( Zechariah 3:7 ) ( Song of Solomon 7:5 ) ( John 17:24 ) : with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
or, "and the inner temple" ^F11 that is, and he also measured the inner temple or holy of holies, with all the porches, chambers, and their walls, and with all the spaces and appendages to it, which were of the same measure; see ( Ezekiel 41:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Concord. Ebr. Part. p. 104. No. 521.
F8 Lipman. Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 50.
F9 Misn. Middot, c. 4. sect. 7.
F11 (ymynph lkyhhw) "et templum interius", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius.

Hesekiel 41:15 In-Context

13 Und er maß die Länge des Hauses, die hatte hundert Ellen; und der Hofraum samt dem Gebäude und seinen Mauern war auch hundert Ellen lang.

14 Und die Weite der vordern Seite des Hauses samt dem Hofraum gegen Morgen war auch hundert Ellen.

15 Und er maß die Länge des Gebäudes am Hofraum, welches hinter ihm liegt, mit seinen Umgängen von der Seite bis zur andern hundert Ellen, und den innern Tempel und die Hallen im Vorhofe{~}

16 samt den Schwellen, den engen Fenstern und den drei Umgängen ringsumher; und es war Tafelwerk allenthalben herum. {~} {~} {~}

17 Er maß auch, wie hoch von der Erde bis zu den Fenstern war und wie breit die Fenster sein sollten; und maß vom Tor bis zum Allerheiligsten auswendig und inwendig herum. {~}