Ezekiel 40:28-31

Ezekiel 40:28-31

[28] And he brought  me to the inner  court  by the south  gate:  and he measured  the south  gate  according to these measures;  [29] And the little chambers  thereof, and the posts  thereof, and the arches  thereof, according to these measures:  and there were windows  in it and in the arches  thereof round about:  it was fifty  cubits  long,  and five  and twenty  cubits  broad.  [30] And the arches  round about  were five  and twenty  cubits  long,  and five  cubits  broad.  [31] And the arches  thereof were toward the utter  court;  and palm trees  were upon the posts  thereof: and the going up  to it had eight  steps. 

What does Ezekiel 40:28-31 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Ezekiel discovered that the south inner gate complex was the same as the outer gate complexes. All the vestibules of the three gate complexes totaled25 cubits (41feet8 inches) across and each of them was five cubits deep (rather than eight, 8 feet4inches rather than13feet4inches, Ezekiel 40:9). Also there were windows or niches on all four sides and eight steps leading up to it from the outer court (cf. Ezekiel 40:22). However the vestibule of this gate complex, as well as the other inner gate complexes, was facing the outer court.