The building that was facing the separate yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
The cherubim carved on these walls, each wearing a man's face on one side and a lion's face on the other, show us the character angels bear in their warfare against darkness: the wisdom of man joined with the courage of a lion, both fixed toward the palm of victory. These ornaments teach us that in the assemblies of God's people, the holy angels are present and active.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 41:12-26
Now the building that was before the separate place,.... The "separate place" is the holy of holies, which was separated by a vail under the second temple, and by a wall as in this, and the first from the holy place: "before or over against" which was a building, as it is rendered, Eze 41:15, a new building, not before taken notice of: and it...
Sum of the measures of the temple, and of the buildings behind and on the side of it.