The East Gate to the Outer Court
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. Eze. 40:5
The outer court
The angelic being with Ezekiel had a measuring rod… six long cubits, each of which was a cubit and a hand-breadth. A common cubit was about 18 inches long and a long cubit (probably the one used in Ezek.) was about 21 inches long So the measuring rod was about 10½ feet in length. The wall surrounding the temple was 10½ feet (one… rod) thick and 10½ feet (one rod) high. We are, now, looking at the wall on the outside of the house which in reality is the temple. This outer wall is later described as a separation of the holy areas.
This could not be the heavenly temple since Ezekiel was taken to Israel to see it, v.2. It could not be Zerubbabel’s temple since the glory of God was not present then. It could not be the eternal temple since the Lord and the Lamb are its temple. Therefore, it must be the earthly millennial temple built with all of the exquisite details that are yet to be outlined.
Measuring reed of six cubits long … a handbreadth: The rod extended 6 royal cubits of 21 inches for a total of 10.5 feet, each cubit being made up of a standard width of 18 inches and a handbreadth of 3 inches.
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