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Between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.

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The Temple's Open Space

Commentators explain that this verse describes a 20-cubit wide space (about 35 feet) surrounding the main temple building on three sides. This area separated the temple's side chambers from other structures in the court, emphasizing the grand, orderly, and spacious design of God's visionary temple.

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Ezekiel

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Ezekiel 41:10

18th Century

Theologian

See H, Plan I.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Ezekiel 41:10

19th Century

Bishop

Between the chambers.— There was a space of twenty cubits between the foundation on which the chambers and the Temple stood and th…

John Gill

John Gill

On Ezekiel 41:10

17th Century

Pastor

And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits ,
&c.] Not the side chambers before mentioned, as if ther…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Ezekiel 41:1–26

17th Century

Minister

After the prophet had observed the courts, he was brought to the temple. If we attend to instructions in the plainer parts of religion, and profit …