The Vestibule of the Temple
The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. Eze 40:49
was twenty cubits... This would be 35 feet.
breadth eleven cubits... This would be 19 feet 3 inches.
pillars by the... These were the bases and the posts or pillars in the design of palm trees (Eze. 40:16, 40:49).
The porch was 30 feet in length by 16 1/2 feet wide. There was a pillar on each side of the entrance.
A flight of stairs led up to the portico and pillars were on each side of the jambs.
Ezekiel climbed the stairs and entered through the vestibule into the outer sanctuary (Eze. 41:1). As one enters the building each gate or doorway is narrower than the one before it. Possibly this reflects God’s restricting man’s access into His holy presence. Ezekiel entered the outer sanctuary but not the most holy place, the inner sanctuary. Instead the angel went into the inner sanctuary to measure it. As a priest (Eze. 1:3), Ezekiel was allowed into the outer sanctuary, but was barred from the most holy place (cf. Lev. 16:1-34; Heb. 9:6-7).
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