Ezekiel 42:15

15 When the man finished measuring inside the Temple area, he brought me out through the east gateway. He measured the area all around.

Ezekiel 42:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 42:15

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house
The holy place, and the holy of holies, with all the courts and chambers belonging to them; even the whole building within the compass of the outermost wall, and all that pertained unto it; the chambers last mentioned, as well as the rest, the dimensions of, which are given in this and the two preceding chapters: he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east:
not to the east gate of the outward wall, but to the east gate which led into the outward court; the gate he was first brought unto, and which was first measured, ( Ezekiel 40:6 ) : and measured it round about; not the east gate, nor the outward wall that went all round the house; though this was measured, and its dimensions given, last of all; nor the house itself, which had been measured already; or the figure of it, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions; but all that space that was between this building and the wall that surrounded it; the area or compass of ground on which the building stood.

Ezekiel 42:15 In-Context

13 The man said to me, "The north and south rooms across from the private area are holy rooms. There the priests who go near the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will put the most holy offerings: the grain offerings, sin offerings, and the penalty offerings, because the place is holy.

14 The priests who enter the Holy Place must leave their serving clothes there before they go into the outer courtyard, because these clothes are holy. After they put on other clothes, they may go to the part of the Temple area which is for the people."

15 When the man finished measuring inside the Temple area, he brought me out through the east gateway. He measured the area all around.

16 The man measured the east side with the measuring stick; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.

17 He measured the north side; it was eight hundred seventy-five feet by the measuring stick.