27And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
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And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.
So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-38)In these verses we have a delineation of the inner court. The survey of the outer court ended with the south side of it. This of the inner court begins with the south side (Ezek. 40:27), proceeds to the east (Ezek. 40:32), and so to the north (Ezek. 40:35); for here is no gate either of the outer or inner court towards the west . It should seem that in Solomon’s temple there were gates westward, f…
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