John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 40:24

"And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures." — Ezekiel 40:24 (ASV)

After that he brought me toward the south Having taken the dimensions of the east and north gates, the prophet was had on the south side of the building: and behold a gate toward the south ; that led to the southern part of this fabric, and to the outward court there, exactly like the other two;

there was no difference in them, which raised the prophet's wonder and attention; for, as Lipman ^F11 says, there was no outward court in the second temple, but to the east of the inward; and it did not encompass the other sides; and so the more wonderful:

and he measured the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according,
to these measures ; the measures of the east and north gates, which were just alike; for these all signified but one gateway or door into the church below, into heaven above, or into the presence of God here and hereafter, which is Christ, (John 14:6) (John 10:1John 10:7John 10:9) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F11: Tzurath Beth Hamikdash, sect. 17.