The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.
Diligence in the plainer parts of Scripture leads to the mysteries of the kingdom. Those willing to dwell in God's courts shall be brought into His temple; Ezekiel, a priest barred from serving, is dignified above his order by this prophetical vision of Christ's body, the church, where all are living temples.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 41:1-11
The doors of these chambers opened into the void space before them; some opened at the staircase to north and south, others from the chambers themselves toward those directions. The Mishnic doctors hold each chamber had three doors for inner passage and ascent. These multiple entrances signify the free and open access of men into Christ's churches in the latter day, when His gates shall stand perpetually open to receive the nations.
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The wall itself measures six cubits thick, and the side chambers built against it are four cubits wide all around. These chambers rise in three tiers, one above another, and grow progressively broader as they ascend because the outer wall steps inward as it rises, allowing each level more space than the one below it.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 41:5-11