And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had palm trees on its jambs, one on either side.
The measuring rod, six cubits of the sanctuary, a hand's breadth longer than common measure, tells us this holy house is built to a standard not of this world. The outer wall, thick and high on every side, separates the church from the world and speaks of God's protection: whoever attacks it will do so at their peril.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 40:5-26
And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south,.... Which answered to the gate of the outward court before mentioned: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits; from the gate of the inward court, to the gate of the outward court southward, were just the same dimensions as in the east and north gates, and between their respective ones, Eze 40:19.
The north and south gates mirror the east gate in all essential measure: fifty cubits long, twenty-five wide, with the same guard-rooms, pillars, windows, and palm ornaments. Uniformity governs this building; nothing is left to chance or whim.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 40:20-27