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Ezekiel 40:5-27
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Ezekiel 40:1-49Here is a vision, beginning at Ezek. 40, and continued to the end of the book, Ezek. 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 40:1-49EXPOSITION The magnificent temple-vision, as it is usually styled, a description of which forms the closing section of this book (Ezekiel 40-48.), was the last extended" word" communicated to the prophet, and was given…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Vision of the Temple. (b. c. 574.)THE VISION OF THE TEMPLE. (B. C. 574.) The measuring-reed which was in the hand of the surveyor-general was mentioned before, Ezekiel 40:3. Here we are told (Ezekiel 40:5) what was the exact length of it, which must be…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 40:5The enclosing wall. And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about. The "house"— הַבַּיִת with the article—was the temple as the dwelling-place of Jehovah; only not the temple proper, but the whole complex st…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 40:5-27God's kingdom divinely organized. It is no part of God's procedure to provide a sketch-plan for his kingdom and allow others to supply the details. In the kingdom of material nature his matchless wisdom has designed the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 40:6The gate which looketh toward the east. Let us clearly understand that this is only a prosaic description of part of Jerusalem as the prophet conceives it in his vision of the city rebuilt. We cannot fairly see in these…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 40:6The east gate. The gate which looketh toward the east; literally, whose face was toward the east. That this was not the gate in which the angel had been first observed standing seems implied in the statement that he cam…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Ezekiel 40:6-11Entrance to the kingdom. Much mention is made, in this description of the temple, of the gates of that building; access was provided in abundance to its interior as well as exterior compartments. Having regard to the ki…Joseph S. Exell and contributors