Ezekiel 41:8

8 I saw also the height of the house round about; the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

Ezekiel 41:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 41:8

I saw also the height of the house round about
Not of the temple itself, but of the chambers, and the three stories of them, which went round about it; and particularly the height of the highest storey, which yet is not given: it could not be so high as the temple itself; for then there would have been no room for windows to let in light into it: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great
cubits;
not of the lowest storey of them, for that was but four cubits broad, ( Ezekiel 41:5 ) , nor of the middlemost, which was five; but of the uppermost, which was six; and these were cubits of the largest size, a hand's breadth larger than the common cubit, and made one full reed, or three yards and a half; see ( Ezekiel 40:5 ) , these foundations signify the same as the twelve foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem; and which are no other than the one foundation Christ, ministerially laid by his twelve apostles; and who is the only foundation of his church and people, and is a sure one, ( Revelation 21:14 Revelation 21:19 ) ( Ephesians 2:20 ) ( 1 Corinthians 3:11 ) ( Isaiah 28:16 ) .

Ezekiel 41:8 In-Context

6 And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have support, but they had no support in the wall of the house.

7 And there was an enlarging and a winding about still upward to the side chambers; for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house. Therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle chamber.

8 I saw also the height of the house round about; the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber outside, was five cubits; and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.

10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.