And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
Public worship in God's courts will never excuse us from the closet; we must read, meditate, and pray in secret before and after. These many chambers teach us that there is room in His house for all devout souls, yet we must prefer the public gates of Zion before all the dwellings of Jacob.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 42:1-14
That outer wall separated the chambers from the world and signified God's grace and power protecting His true churches. The fifty cubits of the wall matched the breadth of the chambers themselves, showing that divine protection equals the full extent and compass of Christ's churches.
AI summary
Eze 42:1-14 Eze 42:1. And he brought me out into the outer court by the way toward the north, and brought me to the cell-building, which was opposite to the separate place, and opposite to the building toward the north, Eze 42:2. Before the long side of a hundred cubits, with the door toward the north, and the breadth fifty cubits, Eze 42:3.
Commenting on Ezekiel 42:1-14