15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
15 The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.
15 From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits.
15 The distance from the entrance of the gate complex to the far end of the porch was seventy-five feet.
15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.
15 The full length of the gateway passage was 87 feet from one end to the other.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 40:15
Chapter Contents
The Vision of the Temple.
Here is a vision, beginning at ch. 40, and continued to the end of the book, ch. 48, which is justly looked upon to be one of the most difficult portions in all the book of God. When we despair to be satisfied as to any difficulty we meet with, let us bless God that our salvation does not depend upon it, but that things necessary are plain enough; and let us wait till God shall reveal even this unto us. This chapter describes two outward courts of the temple. Whether the personage here mentioned was the Son of God, or a created angel, is not clear. But Christ is both our Altar and our Sacrifice, to whom we must look with faith in all approaches to God; and he is Salvation in the midst of the earth, Psalm 74:12, to be looked unto from all quarters.