Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 41:1

"And he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle." — Ezekiel 41:1 (ASV)

This chapter gives the measurements and describes the ornaments of the Temple itself and its various accessories.

(1) Six cubits broad.— These posts, as in other cases, are the parts of the wall at the sides of the entrance. There is an apparent discrepancy between this and the following verse, where the sides of the door are said to be five cubits, and the latter agrees with the whole width of the house (5 + 10 + 5 = 20). It is necessary, therefore, to understand the measurement of this verse as taken the other way—as we should say, the side walls of the doors were of the same thickness as the other walls, namely, six cubits.

The words which was are not in the original and tend to give a false impression.

Tabernacle or tent is the name by which the sanctuary was known before the erection of the Temple.