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Ezekiel 42:2

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The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 2

This chapter continues and concludes the describing and measuring of this mystical temple, which it is very hard to understand the particular architecture of, and yet more hard to comprehend the mystical meaning of. Here is, I. A description of the chambers that were about the courts, their situation and structure (Eze 42:1-13), and the uses for which they were designed (Eze 42:13, Eze 42:14). II. A survey of the whole compass of ground which was taken up with the house, and the courts belonging to it (Eze 42:15-20).

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Strong's Concordancev. 2

פָּנִים (pânîym, H6440) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and… אֹרֶךְ (ʼôrek, H753) — length מֵאָה (mêʼâh, H3967) — a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction אַמָּה (ʼammâh, H520) — properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a… צָפוֹן (tsâphôwn, H6828) — properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown) פֶּתַח (pethach, H6607) — an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way רֹחַב (rôchab, H7341) — width (literally or figuratively) חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym, H2572) — fifty

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Ezekiel 41:13rank 2

Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

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