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The Upward Path to God
Commentators note the steps leading up to the temple porch, indicating it was on a higher elevation than the courts. This physical detail carries symbolic weight, suggesting that approaching God is an upward journey. As one scholar notes, this can represent the gradual progress of a believer's faith and knowledge, moving ever closer and higher toward God's presence.
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Ezekiel
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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
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 40:49
17th Century
Pastor
The length of the porch was twenty cubits From east to west; from the first gate of it to the last; which led directly in…
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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…