There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The east gate-building. See Plan III.

(Ezekiel 40:6) Stairs: These were seven in number (Ezekiel 40:22). Each…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Ezekiel 40:6–16 contain a description of the eastern gate, or rather, gate-building of the Temple, by which one entered from the precin…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the little chambers of the gate eastward
Where the man now was, and was measuring; and the like chambers there w…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here is a vision, beginning at Ezekiel 40 and continuing to the end of the book, Ezekiel 48, which is rightly regarded as one of the mos…