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A Perfect and Stable Court
Commentators note that the inner court is a perfect square, 100 cubits by 100 cubits. This symmetry, which was unique and not found in previous temples, is seen as symbolic. As scholar John Gill suggests, the 'foursquare' design points to the order, perfection, and stability of God's future church, which will be greatly expanded.
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Ezekiel
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Albert Barnes
On Ezekiel 40:47
18th Century
Theologian
The court - The inner court (B) where the brass altar was (Ezekiel 43:13).
The new chapter would begin better at ([Referen…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezekiel 40:44–49
19th Century
Bishop
Without the inner gate.— Without must here be understood in a different sense from the without of Ezekiel 40:40,…
John Gill
On Ezekiel 40:47
17th Century
Pastor
So he measured the court The inward court, where the prophet and his guide now were, and the gates leading to it, which h…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezekiel 40:1–49
17th Century
Minister
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…