Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end.
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 40:5-26
The porch measured eight cubits in breadth from north to south, not in length, and the posts were two cubits thick; together they made the entrance ten cubits wide as stated later. These posts or pillars stood at the portal of the gate, one on each side.
AI summary
posts--projecting column-faced fronts of the sides of the doorway, opposite to one another.