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Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

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A Grand and Precise Entrance

Commentators explain that the verse provides meticulous measurements for the temple's porch: five-cubit posts and a three-cubit gate on each side. This detailed architectural vision, which includes steps leading up to it, emphasizes the grandeur, order, and elevated holiness of God's house.

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Ezekiel

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Ezekiel 40:48–49

18th Century

Theologian

The Porch of the House. The front of the temple-porch (see G, Plan I) consisted of a central opening with two columns on either side. Two columns w…

Charles Ellicott

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

John Gill

On Ezekiel 40:48

17th Century

Pastor

And he brought me to the porch of the house
Having passed through the inner court, and measured that, he came to the…

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Matthew Henry

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…

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