And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
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
These narrow windows in the chambers represent the word and ordinances administered in Christ's churches; through them the light of God enters His people. Christ the sun of righteousness shines in at these windows, illuminating souls by the Gospel and the Spirit's work, so that believers see to walk worthy of their profession and glorify God by their shining lights.
AI summary
narrow--latticed [HENDERSON]. The ancients had no glass, so they had them latticed, narrow in the interior of the walls, and widening at the exterior. "Made fast," or "firmly fixed in the chambers" [MAURER]. arches--rather, "porches."