The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps. And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.
These eight tables show us what the gospel-temple will become: not one altar in the midst, but many tables for many spiritual sacrifices brought by many hands. The tables, the knives, the hooks, the washing, all this readiness speaks to us: come with clean hands and a washed heart, for you cannot draw near to God's altar in disorder.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 40:39-49
twenty . . . eleven cubits--in Solomon's temple (Kg1 6:3) "twenty . . . ten cubits." The breadth perhaps was ten and a half; Kg1 6:3 designates the number by the lesser next round number, "ten"; Ezekiel here, by the larger number, "eleven" [MENOCHIUS]. The Septuagint reads "twelve." he brought me by the steps--They were ten in number [Septuagint]. Next: Ezekiel Chapter 41
By the steps - This was a flight of steps that led to the temple; there were eight steps in each flight. See YY in the plan.