John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 42:2

"Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits." — Ezekiel 42:2 (ASV)

Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door
That is, the north door of the house opened to a space that lay between that and the chambers, which was a hundred cubits long: and the breadth was fifty cubits ;
or the sense is, that the prophet was brought, as Noldius renders the words ^F20 , to a place whose length was an hundred cubits towards the north door ;
so that they describe the length and breadth of these chambers, the whole of them; and to this agrees the Arabic version:

this account of them makes them larger than Solomon's temple, (1 Kings 6:2) , which may signify the largeness of these churches; the number of men in them; and the abundance of spiritual blessings and privileges, of light and knowledge, peace and joy, possessed by them:

but the measure being oblong, and not foursquare, as the city of the New Jerusalem, (Revelation 21:16) , shows they are not yet come to stability and perfection.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F20: Concord. Ebr. Partic. p. 82.