John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And the windows thereof, and the arches thereof, and the palm-trees thereof, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them." — Ezekiel 40:22 (ASV)
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looked towards the east (Ezekiel 40:14Ezekiel 40:16) , signifying that the light of the churches, their privileges, and flourishing condition, will be alike everywhere, as in one part of the world, so in another; see (Isaiah 52:8) (11:9) (Daniel 12:4) : and they went up unto it by seven steps ; or stairs, (Ezekiel 40:6) , the number of them is not there mentioned as here, but the same in both; (See Gill on Ezekiel 4ekiel 40:6): and the arches thereof were before them ; the steps; or "within" them, as the Septuagint; the steps led to the arches of the gate, or to the porch of it, which were more inward.