John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 41:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I saw also the height of the house round about, &c.] Not of the temple itself, but of the chambers, and the three stories of them, which went round about it; and particularly the height of the highest storey, which yet is not given: it could not be so high as the temple itself; for then there would have been no room for windows to let in light into it: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits; not of the lowest storey of them, for that was but four cubits broad, (<264105>Ezekiel 41:5), nor of the middlemost, which was five; but of the uppermost, which was six; and these were cubits of the largest size, a hand’s breadth larger than the common cubit, and made one full reed, or three yards and a half; (see <264005>Ezekiel 40:5), these foundations signify the same as the twelve foundations of the wall of the New Jerusalem; and which are no other than the one foundation Christ, ministerially laid by his twelve apostles; and who is the only foundation of his church and people, and is a sure one, (<662114>Revelation 21:14,19 <490220>Ephesians 2:20 <460311>1 Corinthians 3:11 <232816>Isaiah 28:16).

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