John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 42:2

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, &c.] That is, the north door of the house opened to a space that lay between that and the chambers, which was a hundred cubits long: and the breadth was fifty cubits; or the sense is, that the prophet was brought, as Noldius renders the wordsf735, to a place whose length was an hundred cubits towards the north door; so that they describe the length and breadth of these chambers, the whole of them; and to this agrees the Arabic version: this account of them makes them larger than Solomon’s temple, (<110602>1 Kings 6:2), which may signify the largeness of these churches; the number of men in them; and the abundance of spiritual blessings and privileges, of light and knowledge, peace and joy, possessed by them: but the measure being oblong, and not foursquare, as the city of the New Jerusalem, (<662116>Revelation 21:16), shows they are not yet come to stability and perfection.

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