Ezekiel 40:28

28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements.

Ezekiel 40:28 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 40:28

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate
Having done with the outer court, east, north, and south, the prophet is brought into the inner court by the south gate, which was nearest to enter by. No mention is made of a western gate, there was one in Solomon's temple; for there were porters appointed westward by David, and fixed by Solomon, ( 1 Chronicles 9:24 ) ( 1 Chronicles 26:16 1 Chronicles 26:18 ) , but Josephus ^F12 says, in the second temple the western part had no gate, but a continued wall; for those that came out of the captivity, as Kimchi on ( Ezekiel 40:5 ) observes, built it (as much as they could) according to the form of what they saw in Ezekiel's temple, which shall be in time to come. And he measured the south gate according to these measures;
the gate which led into the inner court; for the south gate, which led to the outward court, he had measured before, ( Ezekiel 40:21 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 5. sect. 2. Vid. Lipman, Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 12.

Ezekiel 40:28 In-Context

26 Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side.

27 There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.

28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements.

29 Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

30 There were archways all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.