So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
Diligence in the plainer parts of Scripture leads to the mysteries of the kingdom. Those willing to dwell in God's courts shall be brought into His temple; Ezekiel, a priest barred from serving, is dignified above his order by this prophetical vision of Christ's body, the church, where all are living temples.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 41:1-11
So he measured the length thereof twenty cubits,.... That is, of the most holy place, from east to west; which was the measure of it in Solomon's temple, Kg1 6:20, and the breadth twenty cubits before the temple: that is answerable or according to the breadth of the temple or holy place; which was also twenty cubits in breadth: this stood at the west end...
thereof--of the holy of holies. before the temple--that is, before, or in front of the most holy place (so "temple" is used in Kg1 6:3). The angel went in and measured it, while Ezekiel stood in front, in the only part of the temple accessible to him.