Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15 - 42:20

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Ezekiel 42:15 - 42:20


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The Outside Measurements

v. 15. Now, when He had made an end of measuring the inner house,
the Temple-buildings proper, He brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east and measured it round about, the outer circumference of all that was comprised within the Sanctuary area.

v. 16. He measured the east side with the measuring-reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.

v. 17. He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed round about.

v. 18. He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring-reed.

v. 19. He turned about to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed.
The dimensions of the Temple proper were thus five hundred cubits square, but the entire area in which the Temple was situated was five hundred rods square.

v. 20. He measured it by the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the Sanctuary and the profane place,
so that the separation would he clearly observed, not between Jew and Gentile, but between sacred and profane. The vast extent of time area of this singular Temple is a feature which clearly marks its ideal character. "It symbolizes the great enlargement of the kingdom of God, when Jehovah-Messiah shall reign to the ends of time earth. "